Milestone

Quick meaning: Milestone is a noun meaning (idiomatic) An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project, etc.

Meaning

(idiomatic) An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project, etc.

More Meanings

1. To place milestones along (a road, etc.).
2. (idiomatic) To plan out a project as a series of major steps.
3. A stone milepost (or by extension in other materials), one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median.

Example Sentences

Death is another milestone on their way.

She bought the model as a surprise gift for a friend who is a lifelong HST fan and railwayman, and who will soon be celebrating a milestone birthday.

Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.

Word Forms

• milestones
• milestoning
• milestoned

Synonyms for milestone

Depending on context, synonyms include landmark, milepost.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include milepost, crossroads, juncture, mileage, signpost, points.

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