milestone

an important event or stage in a process, especially one that marks significant progress towards an aim or goal

hito, punto clave

• a milestone

Collocations career milestone · personal milestone

• The opening of the new hospital was a major milestone in the city's development.

  La apertura del nuevo hospital fue un hito importante en el desarrollo de la ciudad.

a point on a road or path that is one mile from the starting point, used for measuring distances

kilómetro (de ruta)

• at the milestone

Collocations roadside milestone · milestone marker

• We stopped at the next milestone to check our map.

  Nos detuvimos en el siguiente kilómetro de ruta para revisar nuestro mapa.