Regards?

Regards means greetings. So 'kind regards' or 'best regards' means something like 'I greet you in a friendly way'.

Regards probably comes from the french verb 'regarder' meaning to look. I guess that it came into English as a way of saying 'I look at you' or 'Hello'.

I hope this is some help.

This is entirely wrong. Regards doesn't mean "greetings"; it means "think of", as in "I regard you as a friend" or "I regard you as an enemy". Qualifying that as "best regards" means "With the best of thoughts towards you". "Kind regards" means "with the kindest thoughts towards you", etc.

AnonymousThis is entirely wrong.

Perhaps not "entirely"?

Some people seem to have "greetings" in mind when they use it, at least to some small extent.

When I say, "Give my regards to your wife," it can mean more than simply "Tell her I'm thinking of her."
But, when you come to think of it, what do we mean by "greetings," anyway?

Regards - properly - means with regards to, which means with attention to the matters discussed above.

Hi guys,

What does Best/kind REGARDS means?

Here's another way to approach it.

If it's at the end of an email, it's often just a polite way to say 'I've finished this email'.

Clive

AnonymousRegards - properly - means with regards to, which means with attention to the matters discussed above.

This seems far afield from the original poster's question, which I think was best addressed by the one-time poster, etimbo, six and a half years ago.

What have you done regarding the above matter? (with regard[ s ] to)

to regard it to think of in a way. best regards would mean they think of you in the best way. kind regards would be thinking of you in a kind way. basicly they are saying they think possitively or highly of you. if you say i hold you in high regards you're says i think highly of you

I think that if someone asks this of an English forum, one would be seeking something deeper than, 'I've finished this email'. That's the kind of generic meaningless answer you get from Yahoo.