WENT

Definition: WENT

WENT

1. Imp. & p. p. of Wend; -- now obsolete except as the imperfect of go, with which it has no etymological connection. See Go.

2. Of Wend

Imperative

1. Of Go

Noun

1. Course; way; path; journey; direction.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "WENT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

WENT

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Crosswords: WENT

Frisian (abode, accommodation, dwelling, residence).

But all my passion went with the golden hair, and all the spirit of preternatural flesh detached, unchangeable, empty (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

You know he went up there (Sweet Home Alabama; writing credit: C. Jay Cox)

Last night I dreamed I went to Manderley again (Rebecca; writing credit: Daphne Du Maurier; Philip MacDonald)

That's why I went away and didn't come back (Enemy of the State; writing credit: David Marconi)

That was before President Kennedy was shot, before the Beatles, when I couldn't wait to join the Peace Corps, and I thought I'd never find a guy as great as my dad. That was the summer we went to Kellerman's (Dirty Dancing; writing credit: Eleanor Bergstein)

The devil went down to Georgia ("The Devil Went Down to Georgia"; performing artist: Charlie Daniels Band)

Tha same drama when things went wrong we blamed mama (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac)

Wondering what went wrong (Even The Nights Are Better; performing artist: Air Supply)

Of the mess you left when you went away (You Oughta Know; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

Me and my boys went out just to end up in misery (The Call; performing artist: Backstreet Boys)

Heaven goes by favor; if it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says (references; author: unknown)

You can't tell which way the train went by looking at the track. (references; author: unknown)

A girl phoned me and said, "Come on over there's nobody home." I went over... Nobody was home! (references; author: unknown)

I went to a restaurant that serves "breakfast at any time." So I ordered French toast during the Renaissance. (references; author: unknown)

Who washed Washington's white woolen underwear when Washington's washer woman went West? (references; author: unknown)

Saul Alinsky Went to War (1968)

Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)

Band That Went to War (1965)

Callaway Went Thataway (1951)

She Went to the Races (1945)

The Devil Went Down to Georgia (performing artist: The Charlie Daniels Band)

The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia (performing artist: Vicki Lawrence)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Cat Abroad: The Further Adventures of Norton, the Cat Who Went to Paris, and His Human (reference)

• The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night: An Old Song (Dell Picture Yearling) (reference)

• The thoughts of chairman Alf : Alf Garnett's little blue book, or, Where England went wrong, an open letter to the people of Britain (reference)

• Everywhere That Mary Went (reference)

• I Went Walking (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Englishman Who Went up a Hill But Came Down A Mountain (reference)

• Went to Coney Island on a Mission From God... Be Back by Five (reference)

• The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill (reference)

• Guided By Voices: The Who Went Home and Cried (reference)

• Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Day the World Went Away [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

• Everything Went Black (reference)

• Went to Coney Island [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

This team went to homes in the area to bring patients with suspected VHF to the hospital and to remove corpses. Credit: CDC.

Freddie L. Jeffries First African-American C&GS officer Went on to become Rear Admiral. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Don Jones On the OCEANOGRAPHER Went on to become Rear Admiral. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

U.S. Air Force Academy Falcons' fullback Nate Beard evades Fresno State Bulldogs' Bryce McGill for a seven yard gain during this play in the first quarter of the Silicon Valley Football Classic Dec. 30. The Falcons went on to win the game 37-34. (Air Forc.

Gopal Had Leprosy He Went To Hospital Now Gopal Is Cured. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"Rear Admiral Lewis Ashfield Kimberly U.S.N. painted these pictures of the hurricane at Samoa after his retirement while he lived at 72 Perkins St. West Newton, Massachusetts. I can recall his saying that it was the swift and tremendously strong under tow that was a great factor in keeping the U.S.S. Trenton from pounding down on the sharp reefs as each wave threw her upon them. He also spoke of the spontaneous cheer of the men on the Trenton, as the Calliope drew past and went out to sea." Comments by Miss Elsie S. Kimberly, daughter of Rear Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, concerning the sketches of the Apia hurricane that are contained in his personal journal. Credit: NAVY.

Some of the airship's officers on board USS Richmond (CL-9) on the morning after her crash. Macon went down during the night on 12 February 1935. Present are (left to right): Lieutenant (Junior Grade) George W. Campbell, Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Gerald L. Huff, Lieutenant Anthony L. Danis, Lieutenant Harold B. Miller, Lieutenant Commander George H. Mills, Lieutenant Commander Calvin M. Bolster, Construction Corps, Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Earl K. Van Swearingen, Lieutenant Howard N. Coulter, Chief Boatswain William A. Buckley, and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Leroy C. Simpler. Credit: NAVY.

Are you one of the bhoys wot went to the weddin? / I ai'nt nothin else. Credit: Library of Congress.

Sophie Marston went after Baring tooth and nail--. Credit: Library of Congress.

They went back to the old habit of singing in saloons for bread and beer. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And I hope those who went away from Sparta with Palantus, mentioned by Justin, 1. (Second Treatise of Government)

It went to the extreme length of directly opposing the "brutally destructive" tendency of Communism, and of proclaiming its supreme and impartial contempt of all class struggles. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

She went on, however

While, like broad waves of golden grain, Or sunlit hues on cloistered pane, His colour came and went again

Scrooge went to bed again, and thought, and thought, and thought it over and over and over, and could make nothing of it.

Look, said Arthur, "would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now?

Thus they went onward, not boldly, but step by step, into the themes that were brooding deepest in their hearts

He went to the spot

He trudg'd along unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought

He turned into the pillared hall, now calmly lit, went up the staircase and passed in through the clicking turnstile

And the women went quickly, quietly back into the houses and herded the children ahead of them

That he laughed at their folly, and went himself in the boat, ordering his men to take a strong cable along with them

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

In the morning, we went to the hospital in Homerville, Georgia. (references)

Once aminorex was removed from the market, the incidence of PPH went down to normal levels. (references)

In 1885, Joseph Meister was bitten by a rabid dog. His parents went to the famous French biologist Louis Pasteur. (references)

Business

On June 10, 1994 the Act on Public Procurement went into effect. (references)

Five major steel manufacturers went bankrupt in the last two years. (references)

Many cable operators in the provinces sold their systems, went out of business or kept a minority share. (references)

Children

Liberia

Due to the poor condition of government schools, many children, particularly in Monrovia, who attended school went to private institutions. (references)

Austria

On January 1, an omnibus bill on child custody went into effect that prohibits the sterilization of minors, particularly mentally handicapped girls below the age of 18. Those 18 and older only may be sterilized in life-threatening instances. (references)

Japan

In February revisions to the Juvenile Law went into effect that lowered the age at which children can be held criminally responsible for their actions from 16 to 14. Under juvenile law, juvenile suspects are tried in family court and have the right of appeal to an appellate court. (references)

Civil Liberties

Pakistan

Ullah reportedly went into hiding. (references)

Lebanon

On November 26, thousands of students went on strike to protest the action. (references)

Turkey

Many persons from the area went to major cities in the West of the country. (references)

Economic History

Serbia and Montenegro

Tito went on to control Yugoslavia for 35 years. (references)

Equatorial Guinea

Ironically, Malabo's council went to the opposition. (references)

Namibia

The 11-month transition period went relatively smoothly. (references)

Human Rights

Albania

Koseni later went to the hospital and assaulted the driver again. (references)

Colombia

In July the reformed Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code went into effect. (references)

Central African Republic

Zarambaud went into hiding after the rally but came out of hiding during the year. (references)

Minorities

Croatia

Government pledges to provide more balanced textbooks went unfulfilled. (references)

Japan

In 2000 a revised law to end the practice of fingerprinting permanent foreign residents went into effect. (references)

Kuwait

Since July 2000, when the new law went into effect, 39,000 bidoon have been documented as citizens of other countries. (references)

Political Economy

Cambodia

A new land law went into effect in July. (references)

Indonesia

The actual voting process went relatively smoothly. (references)

Lesotho

Thousands of jobs were lost, and many entrepreneurs went bankrupt. (references)

Political Rights

Mongolia

Parliament overrode the veto and the amendments went into effect. (references)

Togo

The two remaining seats went to candidates from little-known independent parties. (references)

Colombia

In March 2000, a quota law to increase the number of women in high-level public positions went into effect. (references)

Trade

Nicaragua

Cigars and cigarettes went down to 40 percent IEC tariff from 59-61 percent. (references)

Jordan

Over the past three years, 25% of total extended credit went to financing trading activities. (references)

Japan

Manufacturers should take full note of the fact that revisions of the Civil Proceedings Act, which went into effect in early 1998, have made it easier for lawsuits to be filed and heard in court. (references)

Women

Afghanistan

Such incidents generally went unreported, and most information was anecdotal. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Funds went to fund crisis center projects, victim support programs, and education programs. (references)

Japan

An antistalking law went into effect in November 2000 in response to rising complaints about women's lack of recourse in dealing with stalkers. (references)

Worker Rights

Haiti

Five members went into hiding. (references)

Guyana

In May 2000, workers at the Forestry Commission went on strike. (references)

Gabon

When nothing happened, the magistrates went on strike again in May. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "WENT": all went hell ♦ as time went on ♦ bullet went right through him ♦ he went beyond his powers ♦ smack went the whip ♦ suppose we went for a walk ♦ the bullet went right through him ♦ they went for each other ♦ went awry ♦ went bad ♦ went right. Additional references.

Beginning with "WENT": went-a-courtin', went-another, went-away, Went-worth.

Ending with "WENT": wycliffe-went.

Arabic 

‏لم يفلح (went awry), ‏تفوق على نفسه (he went beyond his powers). (various references)

Bulgarian 

хайде да се поразходим (suppose we went for a walk). (various references)

Chinese 

去了. (various references)

Czech

min.èas od go. (various references)

Farsi 

رفت (Ply, Supremacy). (various references)

Finnish

menestys saattoi hänen päänsä pyörälle (success went to his head), hän kalpeni kauhusta (she went white with fear), hän kiersi mäen (he went round the hill), hän meni toista tietä (he took another road, he went by another route), hän tuli sokeaksi (he went blind, was blinded), hänen kävi hullusti (things went badly with him), hänen kasvonsa lehahtivat punaisiksi (her face flushed, she went red in the face), hajosi kappaleiksi (went to pieces), he lähtivät kukin taholleen (they went their several ways), kävi niinkuin toivoinkin (it went according to my wishes), hän jatkoi (he continued by saying, he went on to say), menestys nousi hänelle päähän (success went to his head), vietiin säilytykseen (went into store), meni vieraisille (went to see), menimme sinne kolmisin (the three of us went there), menin sinne autolla (I went there by car), musteni silmissäni (everything went black for me), rengas puhkesi (a tyre was punctured, one of the tyres went flat), saavutti suosiota (met with applause, went down well), se oli tapaturmalaukaus (the gun went off accidentally), se oli vahingonlaukaus (the shot went off accidentally), tuli menestys (went down well), matkustin sinne yksinäni (I went there on my own). (various references)

French

allai, allâmes, allèrent, alla. (various references)

German

gingen, ging (ambulated, walked), gegangen (gone, walked). (various references)

Greek 

πήγα, αόρ. του go. (various references)

Hebrew 

לא עלה יפה (went awry), עלה יפה (succeeded, well done, went right). (various references)

Hungarian

való vhova (gone, to go), telik (go by, gone, to elapse, to fill, to go, to lapse away, to pass, to roll on), szól vmiről (gone, to go), ment (his business didn't answer, to be bust, to be busted, to exculpate), licitál (bade, bidden, gone, to bid, to call, to go), folyik (course, flow, gone, gush, leak, progress, run, stream, take place, to course, to flow, to go, to pour, to stream, to weep, wept), elkel (gone, to go, to realize), bemond (announce, gone, meld, to announce, to call, to go, to meld), belemegy vhova (gone, to go), út (channel, course, device, gang, going, journey, pad, passage, ride, road, round, route, run, seaway, voyage, way). (various references)

Italian

salii (ascended, went up). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

話が筒抜けになる (the talk just went into one of his ears and out the other), 応募者が一万人を超えた (000, the number of applicants went over 10). (various references)

Korean 

갔다. (various references)

Luganda

tugenda (we are going, we go, we went, what are we going), nagenze (I went). (various references)

Malagasy

nankany. (various references)

Manx

jimmee. (various references)

Norwegian

handlet (went shopping). (various references)

Pidgin English

go (to, to go, to send, will), de (am, are, is, the, to keep). (various references)

Pig Latin

entway.(various references)

Quechua

rirqayku (we went), rirqankiri (you went), rirqani (I went). (various references)

Romanian

trecut de la go. (various references)

Russian 

от go, идти (come, come along, go, pass, walk, wend). (various references)

Scottish

chaidh (happened, has passed : chaidh aca, was). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

proš. vreme od go. (various references)

Sotho

tsamaile, ilo, ile (got). (various references)

Spanish

pret de go. (various references)

Swedish

gick (walked). (various references)

Tswana

ya (for, go, of). (various references)

Turkish

herşey yolunda gitti (all went hell), ekşimiş (hard, rancid, sour, went bad), aksaklık çıkmadı (all went hell), çürümüş (black and blue, blue, carious, decayed, decomposed, putrefacient, putrefactive, rotten, went bad). (various references)

Xhosa

saya (We went), ndiye (I went). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "WENT": wentletrap, wentletraps. (additional references)

Words ending with "WENT": forewent, forwent, outwent, underwent. (additional references)

Words containing "WENT": twenties, twentieth, twentieths, twenty. (additional references)

Misspellings

"WENT" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bwint, iwent, kentt, kwan, walt, wanta, weat, webt, weene, weeno, weit, wendt, weng, weni, wenk, wenl, wenn, wente, wento, wents, wentz, weny, wett, wext, whent, winet, winot, winst, wint, witn, wnet, wnt, wrent, wunt, wwent. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: newt.

-1 letter: net, new, ten, tew, wen, wet.

-2 letters: en, et, ne, we.

+1 letter: newts, tween, twine.

+2 letters: atween, newest, newton, strewn, tawney, tewing, townee, townie, tweeny, twenty, twined, twiner, twines, twinge, unwept, wanted, wanter, whiten, winter, wintle, wisent, witney, wonted.

+3 letters: between, crownet, entwine, entwist, forwent, indwelt, inswept, intwine, letdown, network, newtons, outwent, seawant, stewing, stewpan, sweeten, tawneys, tawnier, tawnies, tinware, towline, townees, townies, townlet, twanged, twanger, twangle, twiggen, twiners, twinged, twinges, twinier, twinjet, twinkle, twinned, twinset, unswept, untwine, unwhite, vawntie, waniest, wannest, wantage, wanters, weeting, welting, western, westing, wetland, wetness, wetting, wheaten, whitens, winglet, winiest, winters, wintery, wintled, wintles, wisents, witness, witneys, writhen, written.