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milestones

milestones is the plural of milestone.

Meaning of milestone

Noun

milestone (plural milestones)

  1. 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.
  2. (idiomatic) 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

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Questions about milestones

What is milestones the plural of?
Milestones is the plural of milestone.

Words near milestones in the dictionary

  1. Mileska
  2. Mileski
  3. Mileskis
  4. milestone
  5. milestoned
  6. milestones
  7. milestoning
  8. Miletin
  9. Miletos
  10. Miletus
  11. Milev

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