milestone

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Verb

1. To place milestones along (a road, etc.).
2. (idiomatic) To plan out a project as a series of major steps.

Concepten

mijlpaal

mijlsteen

keerpunt

baken

kilometerpaal

mijlpaal

Mijlpaal

richtsnoer

Synoniemen

landmark

milepost

breakthrough

watershed

finish line

goal

phase

post

stake

stone

🪨

mile-post

spar buoy

new departure

standing stone

milliarium

innovation

breaktrough

anniversary

kilometer stone

cairn

discovery

event

Vertalingen

Meilenstein

hito

pietra miliare

borne

jalon

mojón

fita

marco miliário

Kilometerstein

معلم

pedra miliária

Markstein

Borne routière

piedra miliar

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈmaɪlˌstoʊn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Nederlands: mijlsteen

Verwant aan Duits: Meilenstein

Verwant aan Zweeds: milsten

In summary

From mile + stone. Compare Dutch mijlsteen (“milestone”), German Low German Mielensteen (“milestone”), German Meilenstein (“milestone”), Swedish milsten (“milestone”).