milestone

• Sustantivo que designa ya sea un hito físico que marca distancias a lo largo de una carretera, ya sea un acontecimiento significativo o una etapa importante en un proyecto o en la vida personal.

A noun referring to either a stone marker indicating distances along a road, or a significant event or stage in a project or personal life.

1. Roadside markerB1formal

   A stone or post placed at the side of a road to indicate the distance to a particular place.

   Hito kilométrico

   • The old milestone on the highway showed it was 50 miles to London.
   • We stopped to read the milestone that marked the border.
   • The milestone was weathered but still legible.

   Sinónimosmilepost

2. Significant eventB1formal

   An important event or stage in the development of something, such as a person's life or a project.

   hito

   • Graduating from university was a major milestone in her life.
   • The team celebrated reaching the project's first milestone.
   • Buying his first house was a significant milestone for him.

   Sinónimosbenchmarkbreakthroughclimaxlandmarkturning pointwatershed