birth and death
Life's two boundaries
Birth and death mark the boundaries of life—the entrance and the exit.
The phrase almost always appears in this fixed order, following the chronology of existence.
It encompasses the whole span: The record contains dates of birth and death for every resident.
Legal and bureaucratic contexts use it frequently: birth and death certificates, birth and death records, birth and death registration.
The pairing emphasizes life's completeness or its brevity: Between birth and death, we make what meaning we can.
- circle of lifeContinuous birth-death-renewal cycle
- life cycleOrganism's full developmental sequence
- mortalityState of eventual death
- cradleRocking bed for infants
- graveSerious and worrying
beginning · ending · womb · tomb · infant · first cry · baby shower · corpse · midwife · funeral · funeral procession · cry · silence · breath · last breath · final breath · arrival · departure
- oppositesopposite, opposites, antonym, antonyms, inverse
- samsarawheel of life, hell realm, karmic cycle, transmigration, ghost realm
- cycleslife cycle, cycle, circle of life, cycles, period
- pairspair, pairs, two, duo, duos
birth and deathlife
Animate state
living · existence · being alive · lifespan · lifetime
birth and deathliving
Currently having breath
continuity · persistence · endurance · routine · stability
birth and deatheternity
Boundless temporal existence
immortality · eternal life · timelessness · perpetuity · infinity
birth, death, births, deaths, birthing, birthed, birthplace, birthday, birthright