bests

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/bɛsts/

interjection

A polite, formulaic end to a letter or email.

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Meanings

bests1

interjection
  1. rareA polite, formulaic end to a letter or email.
noun
  1. pluralplural of best

    2010, Hunter Allen, Andrew Coggan, Training and Racing with a Power Meter, 2nd Ed., →ISBN ˡⁱⁿᵏ By plotting all of your bests over the entire selected time span, you can grasp the rate of your wattage decay as the duration of the effort increases[.]

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of best

Bests2

proper noun
  1. pluralplural of Best

Origin

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

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APA

bests. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bests

MLA

“bests.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bests. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bests,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bests.

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