MILESTONE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stone post at side of a road to show distances

Synonyms:

milepost; milestone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("milestone" is a kind of...):

mark; marker; marking (a distinguishing symbol)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A significant event in your life (or in a project)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("milestone" is a kind of...):

juncture; occasion (an event that occurs at a critical time)

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Context examples:

This milestone marks a 50 percent increase in the number of known NEAs since 2013, when discoveries reached 10,000 in August of that year.

(The 2016 TB57 asteroid will come closest to Earth on Oct. 31, NASA)

There were significant differences in the timing of these milestones between regions dominated by the two types of fungi.

(NASA Satellite Images Uncover Underground Forest Fungi, NASA)

A subject domain utilized for the submission of information encompassing and representing data, vocabulary or records related to developmental milestones.

(Developmental Milestone Domain, NCI Thesaurus)

This domain captures the outcome of developmental milestone testing during a scheduled period of observation.

(Developmental Milestone Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

This phase includes the final stages of pubertal growth and development as well as the attainment of significant psycho-social milestones.

(Late Adolescence, NCI Thesaurus)

The shock breakout itself lasts only about 20 minutes, so catching the flash of energy is an investigative milestone for astronomers.

(Kepler Catches Early Flash of an Exploding Star, NASA)

Morland remonstrated, pleaded the authority of road-books, innkeepers, and milestones; but his friend disregarded them all; he had a surer test of distance.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Friar’s Oak is in a dip of the Downs, and the forty-third milestone between London and Brighton lies on the skirt of the village.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

New Horizons' milestone matches precisely the 25th anniversary of the historic encounter of NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft with Neptune on Aug. 25, 1989.

(NASA Pluto-Bound Spacecraft Crosses Neptune's Orbit, NASA)

This SDTM class captures planned protocol milestones such as randomization and study completion, and occurrences, conditions, or incidents independent of planned study evaluations occurring during the trial (e.g., adverse events) or prior to the trial (e.g., medical history).