milestone
To place milestones alongTo place milestones along (a road, etc.).
» It's an important milestone for her.
Eccles17 · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 sensesTo place milestones along (a road, etc.).
(idiomatic)To plan out a project as a series of major steps.
Examples
25 sentencesIt's an important milestone for her.
We have reached an important milestone.
deWir haben einen wichtigen Meilenstein erreicht. — al_ex_an_der
Stay motivated by rewarding yourself for milestones.
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
Carlos's exam was a major milestone in his academic career.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
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
milestones, milestoning, milestoned, milestoned| Base form | milestone · to milestone |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | milestones |
| Present participle | milestoning |
| Past simple | milestoned |
| Past participle | milestoned |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.