English
Etymology
mile + stone .
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.
1933 , Stephen Spender , "The Funeral":
Death is another milestone on their way.
2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski , “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist [1] , volume 100 , number 2, page 171 :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.
Synonyms
Translations
one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals
Catalan: fita (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 里程碑 (zh) ( lǐchéngbēi )
Czech: milník (cs) m
Danish: milepæl c
Dutch: mijlpaal (nl) m , mijlsteen
Esperanto: mejloŝtono
Finnish: kilometripylväs
French: borne (fr) f , borne kilométrique (fr) f
Galician: marco 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: マイルストーン (ja) ( mairusutōn ) , キロポスト ( kiroposuto ) , 里程標 (ja) ( りていひょう, riteihyō )
Latin: mīlliārium n
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Macedonian: милјоказ m ( miljokaz )
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)
Swedish: milsten c , milstolpe (sv) c
Tagalog: batong-milyahe
Ukrainian: віха f ( vixa ) , мильовий камінь m ( mylʹovyj kaminʹ )
Vietnamese: cột mốc , cây số (vi) , cột cây số , cột dặm
Volapük: liölaston
important event
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
German: Meilenstein (de) m , Etappenziel (de) n
Hebrew: אבן דרך (he) f ( even derekh )
Hungarian: mérföldkő (hu)
Italian: pietra miliare
Japanese: 里程標 (ja) ( りていひょう, riteihyō ) , 画期的出来事 ( かっきてきできごと, kakkiteki dekigoto )
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Macedonian: пресвртница f ( presvrtnica )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: milepæl (no) m , milepel m , minestolpe m , milestein m
Nynorsk: milestolpe m , milepåle m , milestein m
Polish: kamień milowy (pl) 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
Spanish: hito (es) m , jalón (es)
Swedish: milsten c , milstolpe (sv) c
Vietnamese: mốc (vi)
Volapük: liölaston
Verb
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To place milestones along (a road, etc.).
To plan out a project as a series of major steps.
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