milestone

(noun)

An important event in a person's life or career, in the history of a nation, in the life of some project, etc.

Related Terms

  • racialized
  • stereotype
  • race
  • gender

Examples of milestone in the following topics:

  • Dividing the lifespan

    • This is a major age milestone that is marked by significantly different attitudes toward the person who undergoes the transition.
  • Cultural and Societal Influences on Child Development

    • The society and culture in which one grows up influence everything from developmental milestones and parenting styles to what kinds of hardship one is more likely to face.
    • In the early decades of the 20th century, normative psychologists studied large numbers of children at various ages to determine the average ages at which most children reach specific physical, cognitive, and psychosocial milestones in development (Gesell, 1933, 1939, 1940; Gesell & Ilg, 1946; Hall, 1904).
    • Not all of the milestones were universal, meaning they are not experienced by all individuals across all cultures.
    • Biological milestones such as puberty tend to be universal, while social milestones, such as the age at which children begin formal schooling or individuate from their parents, can differ greatly across cultures (Gesell & Ilg, 1946).
  • Physical Development in Childhood

    • As stated above, children grow very quickly and meet physical milestones rapidly in the first few years of life.
    • The following is a list of the major milestones that occur in children during those first formative years.
  • Issue Manager

    • The releases are represented in the ticket tracker as target milestones, a field available in IssueZilla.
    • We assign the appropriate target milestone to all the tickets planned for that release (including the new feature—it gets a ticket too), so that people can view the bug database through the lens of release scheduling.
    • As new bugs come in, priorities sometimes get shifted around, and tickets must be moved from one milestone to another so that each release remains manageable.
  • Selling Orientation

    • A marketing orientation centered around sales represented a major milestone in modern business.
  • The Life Course

    • This is a major age milestone that is marked by significantly different attitudes toward the person who undergoes the transition.
  • Financing Company Operations

    • Some of these sources provide not only funds, but also financial oversight, accountability for carrying out tasks and meeting milestones, and in some cases, business contacts and experience.
  • Moving to Flexible Work Schedules

    • Establish milestone dates.
    • Milestone dates help keep projects on track and make it easier to spot problems while there is still time to effectively deal with them.
  • The Lost Generation

    • Joyce was an Irishman best known for A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and his milestone work published in 1922, Ulysses, which reflected the episodes in Homer’s Odyssey.
    • The 1930 film version of the book was nominated for four Academy Awards and won two, including best director for Lewis Milestone.
  • Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

    • Adolescence is the period of development that begins at puberty and ends at emerging adulthood; the typical age range is from 12 to 18 years, and this stage of development has some predictable psychosocial milestones.
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