milestone
/ˈmaɪlstəʊn/US/ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/
milestone noun: 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.
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Noun
milestone (plural milestones)
- 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.
- An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project, etc.
- Death is another milestone on their way.1933, Stephen Spender, The Funeral
- 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.2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2017, page 171
Verb
milestone (third-person singular simple present milestones, present participle milestoning, simple past and past participle milestoned)
milestone meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
milestone in Hindi
- important event
- मीलपत्थर mīlpatthar
milestone in Tamil
- தொலைக்கல், தூர அளவுக்கல், வாழ்க்கை உயர்படி நிலை, வாழ்க்கையின் ஒருக்கட்டம்
milestone in Marathi
- मैलाचा दगड, एक मैलाचा दगड
milestone in Urdu
- اہم واقعہ, سنگ میل
More languagesFewer languages
- milestone in Bengali
- মাইলফলক, গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ঘটনা, পর্যায়
- milestone in Telugu
- మైలురాయి, ఒక మైలురాయి
- milestone in Malayalam
- നാഴികക്കല്ല് nāḻikakkallŭ
- milestone in Kannada
- ಮಯ್ಲಿಗಲ್ಲು, ಮೈಲುಗಲ್ಲು
- milestone in Punjabi
- ਮੀਲ ਪੱਥਰ, ਮੀਲ ਦਾ ਪੱਥਰ
- milestone in Odia
- ଏକ ମାଇଲଖୁଣ୍ଟ
- milestone in Nepali
- माइलस्टोन
- milestone in Tagalog
- batong-milyahe
- milestone in Malay
- batu penanda
- milestone in Indonesian
- tanggal penting
- milestone in Vietnamese
- cột mốc, cây số, cột cây số, cột dặm
Examples of milestone in a sentence
- We must wel this milestone before starting the next phase.
- In honor of the milestone, PBS SoCal on Friday will reair “Henry T.
- She had delayed motor milestones and presented with walking on tiptoe, hypotonia, and ithylordosis.
Synonyms of milestone
Forms of milestone
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | milestones |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | milestones |
| present participle | milestoning |
| past participle | milestoned |
| past | milestoned |
Origin of milestone
From mile + stone. Compare Dutch mijlsteen (“milestone”), German Low German Mielensteen (“milestone”), German Meilenstein (“milestone”), Swedish milsten (“milestone”).
Words formed from milestone
Phrases with milestone
Questions about milestone
- What does milestone mean?
- Milestone means 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.
- What is milestone in Hindi?
- Milestone in Hindi is मीलपत्थर (mīlpatthar). See Milestone meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is milestone?
- Milestone can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce milestone?
- Milestone is pronounced /ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/ (US).
- What is the plural of milestone?
- The plural of milestone is milestones.
Words near milestone in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: milestone (page history and authors); milestone (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); milestone (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milestone (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); milestone (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); milestone (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milestone (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); milestone (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milestone (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); milestone (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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