Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A stone marker set up on a roadside to indicate the distance in miles from a given point.
- n. An important event, as in a person's career, the history of a nation, or the advancement of knowledge in a field; a turning point.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A stone or pillar set up along a highway or other line of travel to mark distance in miles.
Wiktionary
- n. 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.
- n. An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project etc.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A stone serving the same purpose as a milepost.
- n. An event or accomplishment marking a significant advance in an endeavor; a notable achievment.
WordNet 3.0
- n. stone post at side of a road to show distances
- n. a significant event in your life (or in a project)
Etymologies
- mile + stone. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Alas, our poor little 'inscription,' so far as I remember it, was not more criminal than that of a number on a milestone; in fact the whole adventure was like that of setting up an authentic _milestone_ in a tract of country”
“Analysts say the milestone is a “confidence booster” and “reinforces the growing belief on Wall Street that the recovery in the economy and markets remains on track.””
“Congraulations Scott, I think this milestone is a testament to all your hard work.”
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“An African Union official is hailing what he called a milestone for peacekeeping efforts in Darfur.”
“Mrs Clinton urged members of the group to abandon violence and rejoin society following bin Laden's death, which she described as a "milestone" in the war on terrorism.”
“Tunica County Planning Director Pepper Bradford said the last sections of the community will be opened sometime Monday in what he called a milestone for the roughly 225 households that are permanent residences in a series of fishing camps.”
“Even so, proponents of same-sex marriage celebrated the judge's ruling, taking to the streets of Phoenix to hail what they called a milestone in their quest for equal treatment.”
“An even more important milestone is that Wednesday will mark 5 big months since she announced her intention to quit as Alaska's Governor to become a full time blowhard!”
“And it should be a living document, updated everytime a major milestone is achieved.”
“A milestone is coming our way, and for once I can make note of it before it arrives.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘milestone’.
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set phasers to...
you name the setting
I've tuned mine to be gentler and kinder
following suit is not mandatory but would be appreciatedcoddle, confuse, flummox, tap, furrow, instigate, invigorate, punnify, logical, must... act... be..., bowdlerise, laughing gas and 435 more...
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
A combined list of
1. EU Buzz - single words
2. EU Buzz - collocations
3. EU Buzz - the 100 most active
collocation constituentsabsorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...
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• Words I often hear at my workplace
We don't know much of each other. (And this is probably why we still like each other.)
Add a word you hear at your workplace, and increase the mistery.
(One at a time, as in a spy story.)cathemerality, phylogenetics, lead generation, acquisitions, haha response, barcode, arthur or martha ..., venti, pedagogically, symphony product, p and ls, recovery process and 100 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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fifi
verbs Adj Adv noun
indulge, convene, solve, dissolve, prospect, prospective, allege, resolve, accountable, administration, amid, agenda and 407 more...
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Behr Paint Colors
Names used for Behr Paints in spring of 2008. I'm curious to see if Behr gives the same colors different names in other years, so I've tagged each color with its Behr product number. It turns out t...
billowy clouds, soft lace, victorian pearl, china cup, soft muslin, bleached shell, belgian cream, chamois cloth, natural linen, popped corn, divine pleasure, vanilla delight and 283 more...
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Rita's List of Words
preliminary, rudimentary, stance, conduit, locale, implicit, vicissitude, empirical, repository, apophthegm, apothegm, invariable and 431 more...
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Tulip Names I
No rhyme or reason other than that I like the names. :-) For more flower fun, see these lists:
Rose words by mollusque
Rose varieties by mollusque
Tulip Names II: You Know ...abbey dream, abbey road, abodement, abra, abra elite, academician tstisin, acapulco, ace of diamonds, acropolis, ad hoc, adamo, addis and 597 more...
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Words to remember
adventive, affectation, ambiguous, anachronism, anesis, antithetic, apostasy, attenuate, authenticity, autodidact, -fic, bandolier and 146 more...
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