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milestone
[ mahyl-stohn ]
noun
- a stone functioning as a milepost.
- a significant event or stage in the life, progress, development, or the like of a person, nation, etc.:
Her getting the job of supervisor was a milestone in her career.
milestone
/ ˈmaɪlˌstəʊn /
noun
- a stone pillar that shows the distance in miles to or from a place
- a significant event in life, history, etc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of milestone1
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Example Sentences
That would truly be a milestone to celebrate—until you see what that record “diversity” actually means.
A multi-faceted approach to ensuring students reach the critical milestone of grade level reading by fourth grade.
The regal technological milestone was passed as the Queen attended the opening of a new gallery at the Science Museum in London.
In fact, with my most recent birthday, I passed the milestone of having come out of the closet over half my lifetime ago.
The moment he was finally able to loop a knot by himself was a milestone, his first step to becoming a man.
The force of such idealization helped to carry forward the human race to a new milestone on the path of progress.
In 1771 a Roman milestone of the time of Hadrian (76-138) was discovered at a spot two miles from Leicester.
He saw my look and said, "Oops, I mean this milestone in paper technology once it is announced to the world."
And I ask myself again, Is75 this a new phase of life into which I have entered,—a new milestone left behind?
This has been interpreted as the inscription of a certain Notus; but others have regarded it as simply a Roman milestone.
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