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Meanings of mile marker in English

Russian
километровый столб
Portuguese
marco quilométrico
Spanish
hito
Catalan
molló
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Numbered marker along a road or boundary.

        километровый столб
        Synonyms
        Examples for "milestone"
        Examples for "milestone"
        1
        Question 8: Facebook announced it had reached a major milestone this week.
        Reuters
        2
        He called the move a significant milestone'' for the Irish banking sector.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Reuters hit an exciting milestone today: reaching one million followers on Instagram.
        Reuters
        4
        The results are an important milestone in bringing resveratrol-related drugs to market.
        Wired
        5
        The Bill is an important and welcome milestone in Ireland's democratic development.
        The Irish Times
        1
        White waymarker posts will guide you across the river Bann estuary.
        The Guardian
        2
        He can lead himself into bad ways, he doesn't need me as his waymarker.'
        The King’s Curse
        3
        Look for a waymarker pointing across the dunes, which will drop you into a car park by a caravan site.
        The Guardian
        4
        West of Slieve Daeane above the tree line a waymarker has fallen over -the trail continues under the power lines.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Waymarkers can be a little hidden, particularly when growth is wild.
        Independent.ie
        1
        She looked ahead, nodded at a road marker two hundred meters further on.
        Fire With Fire
        2
        The sphinx may be nothing but a magnetic road marker.
        Map of bones
        3
        But you could also ask the past to set aside some kind of road marker.
        Timescape
        4
        The occasional road marker points the way to towns called Chairville, Leisure-town, and Mount Misery, names that suggest histories Robin can't quite put together.
        Robin and ruby
        5
        She leaned forward, her perfume oozing its nectar, her eyes scanning the ditches for identifying road markers.
        Mysterious Skin
        1
        Every mile post took them farther from the gypsies, and nearer the hotel.
        The Motor Girls Through New England; or, Held by the Gypsies
        2
        They are passing the mile post now, and Prothero is twelve or fourteen lengths ahead.
        Rujub, the Juggler
        3
        The mile post flashed by, but Eugene could barely sit erect, much less note the time.
        Beulah
        4
        It had been a hard run, and the Chelton lawyer had only turned back at the last mile post.
        The Motor Girls on a Tour
        5
        A mile post a little further along told him that he had covered just twenty miles of his journey.
        The Circus Boys in Dixie Land; Or, Winning the Plaudits of the S...
        Usage of mile marker in English
        1
        I'd hardly left Bryson City when I passed a mile marker for Cherokee.
        Fatal Voyage
        2
        Just after mile marker 153, turn right onto a very straight dirt road.
        Climbing Magazine
        3
        I passed the mile marker I had been waiting for.
        A fugitive truth: an emma fielding mystery
        4
        Where the road turns to gravel past mile marker twenty-four.
        Bone fire
        5
        Just before the three- mile marker, these three routes start to merge onto a single course.
        The Irish Times
        6
        When we reached the two- mile marker, the radio came alive again with a position report.
        Beyond exile: day by day armageddon
        7
        The caller gave the number on a mile marker.
        Rain gods
        8
        He looked alongside the freeway for a mile marker.
        Eye of vengeance
        9
        Kylie passed another mile marker and squinted when her brights reflected against the road sign ahead.
        Strong, sleek and sinful
        10
        Chubs was still trailing behind, the gap between us growing with each mile marker we passed.
        The Darkest Minds
        11
        If ending Aids were a marathon, we'd already be behind pace at the first mile marker.
        The Guardian
        12
        Touch is just another mile marker on that road, and it'll probably be obsoleted soon enough.
        Wired
        13
        Leaving the half- mile marker, I was very confident that I would get there for the win.
        Jamaica Observer
        14
        It was the Rock'n'Roll Arizona marathon in Phoenix, with local bands playing at every mile marker.
        The Irish Times
        15
        No big tree, or road, or mile marker.
        Dead to the world
        16
        Having just reached the five- mile marker, it's still way too early to be sure I'll complete the course.
        The Irish Times