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The correct spelling is milestone.
How to pronounce milestone
noun
Say it like: Mil-est-one
The correct spelling is milestone. 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 me…
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Meanings
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.
verb
- 1.To place milestones along (a road, etc.).
- 2.To plan out a project as a series of major steps.
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