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wend

/ˈwend/WEND
/ˈwɛnd/WEND

Meaningturn or go

Common meaning: proceed along a route

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishwand‘turn or go’source
  2. Middle Englishwendensource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsturn or go → proceed along a routewend‘proceed along a route’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English wand ‘turn or go’.

Roots

  • wand Old English “turn or go”

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