major milestone
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmajorandmilestone
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major
adjective
uk/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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milestone
noun[C]
uk/ˈmaɪl.stəʊn/us/ˈmaɪl.stoʊn/
a stone or post at the side of the road that shows the distance to various places, especially to the nearest ...
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(Definition ofmajorandmilestonefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofmajor milestone
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We have achieved amajormilestonein the life of a new journal.
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It's frightening, thrilling, and unforgettable because we intuitively recognize the experience as both a grounding for and amajormilestonein our growth as an operating surgeon.
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They are therefore the best vectors for raising awareness amongst national public opinion of the importance of themajormilestonein 2004.
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Our nextmajormilestoneis reaching the 2004 targets.
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The day that happens will be amajormilestonein equal opportunities terms.
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We may yet live to see the day when this debate will be regarded as something of amajormilestone.
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I believe that this report will be seen as amajormilestonein the evolution of the prison service.
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It is amajormilestone; it modernises the public sector and makes sure that we will make better use of the private sector.
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The implementation of commonhold will mark amajormilestonein the development of property law.
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The treaty was amajormilestonein at least two ways.
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Surely no one can deny that the report was amajormilestoneshowing what we should be doing.
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Whatever faults have developed, it was still amajormilestonealong our political road.
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What we achieved yesterday was anothermajormilestonein that journey.
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Parliament has now reached amajormilestonein its consideration of this proposal.
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The nextmajormilestonewill be the start of the detailed design and construction of one first-of-class ship for each of the three nations involved in its production.
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This is amajormilestonefor the disabled and is something for which the all-party disablement group and disablement organisations have been fighting for over a decade.
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The nextmajormilestonewill be the first flight of an instrumented production aircraft, trials of which will permit acceptance into service of series production aircraft.
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He did mention that at some point during the show's 14th season the show will hit episode number 300, certainly amajormilestone.
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It served as amajormilestoneto create awareness and provide the momentum for green chemistry and engineering technologies.
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This has been termed the firstmajormilestonein the history of climate diplomacy.
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