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bests

/bɛsts/

bests interjection: a polite, formulaic end to a letter or email. Also the plural of best.

Interjection

  1. (rare) A polite, formulaic end to a letter or email.

Proper noun capitalized: Bests

Bests

  1. (plural) plural of Best

Also used as

bests is also the plural of best.

bests is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of best.

Origin of bests

* (end to a letter) Perhaps short for "best regards and best wishes".

Phrases with bests

Words that rhyme with bests

Questions about bests

What does bests mean?
Bests means a polite, formulaic end to a letter or email.
What part of speech is bests?
Bests can be an interjection or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce bests?
Bests is pronounced /bɛsts/.

Words near bests in the dictionary

  1. bestrowed
  2. bestrowing
  3. bestrown
  4. bestrows
  5. bestrut
  6. bests
  7. bests on ground
  8. bestseller
  9. bestsellerdom
  10. bestsellers
  11. bestselling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bests (page history and authors); Bests (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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