noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
important
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The changes represent an important milestone in the development of social work services.
■ VERB
mark
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Four surviving children, 12 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren and six great, great grandchildren helped mark the milestone in style.
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So its success marks a significant milestone for the local industry.
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This time it was to mark a milestone in the history of exploration.
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Rituals mark the milestones of life, and work to bring members of the family together.
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At the Brighton Museum and Art Gallery there is a show which marks a milestone in this struggle.
pass
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Their abilities to think, to reason, and to feel become more sophisticated as they pass these key emotional milestones .
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Dole passed his first milestone with success.
reach
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At home, Johnson would have reached the milestone by halftime.
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The plastics division reached a milestone this year.
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This lack of communication makes it hard for them to reach the milestones described earlier and to achieve healthy emotional development.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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For most people, the birth of their first child is a milestone in their lives.
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Graduation and marriage are important milestones in people's lives.
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His decision to accept the university's offer was an important milestone in his career.
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The album 'Kind Of Blue' proved to be a milestone in the development of modern jazz.
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The expedition marked a milestone in the history of exploration.
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This year has seen another milestone in the life of the Society, in that our assets passed the £3 billion mark.
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We believe that what we have agreed today will be a milestone on the road to true peace and prosperity in our country.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Dole passed his first milestone with success.
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He looked for a milestone , but none was in sight.
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I felt as if I was at a milestone now, on the threshold of something.
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It fits uncomfortably into Braque's oeuvre but it is nevertheless a milestone in the history of Cubism.
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So reaching profitability, even if it came with an asterisk, was a major milestone .