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# milestone

noun (a milestone, milestones)

«milestone» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A stone by the side of a road showing how many miles it is to a town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milestone/#m1)
2. An important event or step in someone's life or in a project, like a first word or a 100th birthday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milestone/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: «a big milestone» for a baby's first steps, starting school, a team's 1000th goal. In history: Roman roads had milestones. In stories, a traveller counts the milestones to see how far he has come. Phrases: reach a milestone, an important milestone, mark a milestone.

### Examples

- The old milestone said «London 12 miles». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milestone/#x1)
- Walking was a big milestone for my baby brother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milestone/#x2)
- Our school reached a milestone: 500 books read! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milestone/#x3)
- Toad sped past milestone after milestone in his motor car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milestone/#x4)
- Losing your first tooth is a milestone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milestone/#x5)
- The Romans put milestones along their roads. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milestone/#x6)
- Finishing the project was an important milestone for the class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milestone/#x7)
- The Prince hurried to the town, but Hyacinthia remained behind disguised as a white milestone on the road. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milestone/#x8)

### Note

Countable: a milestone, two milestones. The road sense is old and literal; the «important step» sense is now the common one. Not the same as «millstone» (a heavy stone for grinding grain; «a millstone round your neck» is a burden).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «milestone» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/milestone/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«milestone» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/milestone.html) on Mova free.