milestone in life

milestone in someone's life

and important milestone in someone's life

a very important event or point in one's life. (From the [former] stone markers at the side of a road showing the distance to or from a place.) Joan's wedding was a milestone in her mother's life. The birth of a child is a milestone in every parent's life.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Wigand	-	Ancient Germanic
Neptune	NEP-toon (English), NEP-tyoon (English), NEP-choon (English)	Roman Mythology (Anglicized)
Ilona	EE-lo-naw (Hungarian), ee-LO-nah (German), EE-lo-nah (Finnish)	Hungarian, German, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech
Jehonathan	-	Biblical
PĀVils	-	Latvian
Alexandrie	a-lek-sawn-DREE	French (Rare)