Meaning

2 senses

  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.

    Kilometerstein, Meilenstein, Postmeilensäule

    ми́льный ка́меньmílʹnyj kámenʹ, километро́вый столбkilometróvyj stolb

    віхаvixa, мильовий каміньmylʹovyj kaminʹ

    stone post at side of a road to show distances

  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.

    Meilenstein, Etappenziel, Markstein

    ве́хаvéxa, эта́пetáp, рубе́жrubéž

    a significant event in your life (or in a project)

Examples

25 sentences

  1. It's an important milestone for her.

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  2. We have reached an important milestone.

    deWir haben einen wichtigen Meilenstein erreicht. — al_ex_an_der

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  3. Stay motivated by rewarding yourself for milestones.

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  4. That day was an important milestone in our project.

    ruТот день стал важной вехой в истории нашего проекта. — odexed

    deJener Tag war ein wichtiger Meilenstein in unserem Projekt. — Plusquamperfekt

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  5. Carlos's exam was a major milestone in his academic career.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals:
Русский
By meaning 2
one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals:
important event:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals:
important event:

Origin

From mile + stone. Compare Dutch mijlsteen (“milestone”), German Low German Mielensteen (“

From mile + stone. Compare Dutch mijlsteen (“milestone”), German Low German Mielensteen (“milestone”), German Meilenstein (“milestone”), Swedish milsten (“milestone”).

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Forms

plural: milestones
Singularmilestone
Pluralmilestones

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
landmark
Close in meaning
  • stone post at side of a road to show distances:milepost

Word family

8 related words
Relatedmileagemilemarkmile markermilepolemilepostgame changerlandmarkwatershed

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mileB1mileagemilesmilieuC2militantmilitarily

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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