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milestone

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English

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milestone

Wikipedia

a milestone in obelisk form,Bredon, England

Etymology

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Frommile +‎stone. CompareDutchmijlsteen(“milestone”),German Low GermanMielensteen(“milestone”),GermanMeilenstein(“milestone”),Swedishmilsten(“milestone”).

Pronunciation

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(General American)IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/
(UK)IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪlstəʊn/
- Audio(Southern England): (file)

Noun

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milestone (pluralmilestones)

A stonemilepost (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.
(idiomatic) Animportantevent in a person'slife orcareer, in thehistory of anation, in the life of someproject, etc.
- 1933,Stephen Spender,The Funeral:
  Death is anothermilestone on their way.
- 2012 March-April,Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, inAmerican Scientist‎^[1], volume100, number 2, archived fromthe original on27 April 2017, page171:
  Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumentalmilestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.
- 2021 October 20, “Stop & Examine”, inRAIL, number942, page71:
  She bought the model as a surprise gift for a friend who is a lifelongHST fan and railwayman, and who will soon be celebrating amilestone birthday.

one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals

Armenian:please add this translation if you can
Belarusian:верставы слуп m(vjerstavy slup),кіламетровы слуп m(kilamjetróvy slup),мільны слуп m(milʹny slup),мільны камень m(milʹny kamjenʹ)
Bulgarian:километричен камък(kilometričen kamǎk)
Catalan:fita (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:里程碑 (zh)(lǐchéngbēi)
Czech:milník (cs) m
Danish:milepæl c
Dutch:mijlpaal (nl) m,mijlsteen (nl)
Esperanto:mejloŝtono
Estonian:verstapost
Extremaduran:miliáriu
Finnish:kilometripylväs,kilometritolppa,mailitolppa
French:borne (fr) f,borne kilométrique (fr) f
Galician:marco (gl) m
German:Kilometerstein m,Meilenstein (de) m,Postmeilensäule (de) m or f
Greek:χιλιομετροδείκτης (el)(chiliometrodeíktis)
Hebrew:אבן מיל (he) f(even mil),אבן דרך (he) f(even derekh)
Hungarian:kilométerkő (hu),mérföldkő (hu)
Indonesian:tanggal penting
Italian:pietra miliare
Japanese:一里塚 (ja)(いちりづか, ichirizuka),里程標 (ja)(りていひょう, riteihyō)
Latin:mīlliārium n
Macedonian:милјоказ m(miljokaz)
Malayalam:നാഴികക്കല്ല് (ml)(nāḻikakkallŭ)
Norman:pièrre dé mille f
Norwegian:
Bokmål:milestein m,milepæl (no) m,milepel m,milestolpe m
Nynorsk:milestein m,milepåle m,milestolpe
Polish:kamień milowy (pl) m
Portuguese:marco miliário m,marco miliar
Russian:ми́льный ка́мень m(mílʹnyj kámenʹ),километро́вый столб m(kilometróvyj stolb)
Scottish Gaelic:clach-mhìle f
Serbo-Croatian:miljokaz (sh)
Slovak:míľnik m
Spanish:hito (es) m,mojón (es) m,cipo (es) m,hita (es) f,fito (es) m(disused),borna f,moto (es) m
Swedish:milsten c,milstolpe (sv) c
Tagalog:batong-milyahe
Turkish:kilometre taşı
Ukrainian:віха f(vixa),мильовий камінь m(mylʹovyj kaminʹ)
Vietnamese:cột mốc,cây số (vi),cột cây số,cột dặm
Volapük:liölaston

important event

Bulgarian:важно събитие(važno sǎbitie)
Catalan:fita (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin:里程碑 (zh)(lǐchéngbēi)
Czech:mezník (cs) m,milník (cs) m
Danish:milepæl c
Dutch:mijlpaal (nl) m,keerpunt (nl) n
Esperanto:mejloŝtono
Finnish:virstanpylväs (fi),merkkipaalu
French:jalon (fr) m
Georgian:ნიშანსვეტი(nišansveṭi)
German:Meilenstein (de) m,Etappenziel (de) n,Markstein (de) m
Greek:ορόσημο (el) n(orósimo)
Hebrew:אבן דרך (he) f(even derekh)
Hindi:मीलपत्थर m(mīlpatthar)
Hungarian:mérföldkő (hu)
Italian:pietra miliare,traguardo (it)
Japanese:事 (ja)(こと, koto),転換点(てんかんてん, tenkanten),一大事 (ja)(いちだいじ, ichidaiji),画期的出来事(かっきてきできごと, kakkiteki dekigoto)
Macedonian:пресвртница f(presvrtnica)
Malayalam:നാഴികക്കല്ല് (ml)(nāḻikakkallŭ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål:milepæl (no) m,milepel m,minestolpe m,milestein m
Nynorsk:milestolpe m,milepåle m,milestein m
Polish:kamień milowy (pl) m,milowy krok m
Portuguese:marco (pt) m
Russian:ве́ха (ru) f(véxa),эта́п (ru) m(etáp),рубе́ж (ru) m(rubéž)
Scottish Gaelic:clach-mhìle f
Serbo-Croatian:prekretnica (sh) f
Slovak:medzník m,míľnik m
Spanish:hito (es) m,jalón (es) m
Swedish:milstolpe (sv) c
Turkish:kilometre taşı
Vietnamese:mốc (vi)
Volapük:liölaston

Verb

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milestone (third-person singular simple presentmilestones,present participlemilestoning,simple past and past participlemilestoned)