milestone

Meanings

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

Verb

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

Related

Similar words

• landmark

Origin

• mile + stone.