Associations to the word «Milestone»

Wiktionary

MILESTONE, noun. 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.
MILESTONE, noun. An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project, etc.
MILESTONE, verb. To place milestones along (a road, etc.).
MILESTONE, verb. To plan out a project as a series of major steps.

Dictionary definition

MILESTONE, noun. Stone post at side of a road to show distances.
MILESTONE, noun. A significant event in your life (or in a project).

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca