Milestone

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project etc.

Synonyms

 * landmark

Related terms

 * mileage

Thesaurus
bench mark, bookmark, cairn, cardinal point, catstone, chief thing, climax, core, cornerstone, crisis, critical point, crux, essence, essential, essential matter, fundamental, gist, gravamen, great point, heart, high point, important thing, issue, kernel, keystone, landmark, lighthouse, lightship, main point, main thing, mark, marker, material point, meat, menhir, milepost, monument, nub, occasion, pharos, pith, pivot, platform, real issue, salient point, seamark, sine qua non, substance, substantive point, the bottom line, the point, tower, turning point, watchtower

Etymology
mile + stone

Translations

 * Catalan: fita
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 里程碑
 * Czech:
 * Danish: milepæl
 * Dutch: mijlpaal, mijlsteen
 * Finnish: mailipylväs
 * French: (kilométrique)
 * German: ,
 * Greek: χιλιομετροδείκτης
 * Hungarian: kilométerkő, mérföldkő


 * Italian: pietra miliare
 * Japanese:, キロポスト, 里程標
 * Macedonian: милјоказ
 * Russian: мильный камень, километровый столб
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: miljokaz
 * Slovak: míľnik
 * Spanish:
 * Volapük: liölaston


 * Catalan: fita
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 里程碑
 * Czech:
 * Danish: milepæl
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: virstanpylväs, merkkipaalu
 * French:


 * German:
 * Italian: pietra miliare
 * Japanese: 里程標, 画期的出来事
 * Russian:, этап,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: prekretnica
 * Slovak: medzník
 * Spanish:

Anagrams

 * limestone