milestone
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/
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- His first solo performance was a proud milestone in his development as a musician.
- an important milestone
- reach a milestone
- achieve a milestone
And so there are two major milestones towards this goal.
- And so there are two major milestones towards this goal.
- What are the upcoming milestones, expected milestones?
- Two really big milestones have been reached.
- It's a milestone just as important as The Big Bang itself.
- Then it's about setting milestones that are intermediate to that goal.
- I just can't get past the fact that the glasses represent to me a milestone of aging.
Examples
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I was five years old when the milestone was reached in July 1981.
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We are here to celebrate a great milestone in Giancarlo's career.
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And I remember it being like such a big milestone, not understanding it.
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What we want for sort of to cross our next career milestone as quickly as possible.
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So George, do you want to say anything about this milestone to kick us off?
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Every show seemed like a milestone really.
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And we want to celebrate that milestone with you also.
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This milestone requires a much bigger celebration.
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Today marks an important milestone at Invespia.
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The disintegration of the Soviet Union and the communist system is a milestone in world politics.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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2.3
A success you reach after working hard
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3.9
A sudden important discovery or advance that solves a big problem
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3.4
A successful task or goal that you finish
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4.1
Important progress toward a goal
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3.6
A thing that helps you make progress toward a goal
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4.4
An important event that marks a big change in history or progress
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4.7
Reaching a goal or level through effort
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3.9
An important success that shows great skill and effort
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
The word milestone comes from old road markers made of mile and stone, stones set along a road to show the 'distance' travelled. That's why we now call an important event a milestone: it marks a key point of progress in a life or project.