cradle to grave
Birth through death
Cradle to grave describes the entire span of human life, from birth to death.
The phrase typically modifies systems or services that support people throughout their lives: cradle-to-grave healthcare, cradle-to-grave welfare state.
In manufacturing and environmental contexts, it refers to a product's complete lifecycle from creation to disposal.
- healthcareOrganized provision of treatment
- infancyEarliest period of life
- birthComing into the world
- first breathNewborn's opening gasp
- human conditionUniversal aspects of existence
mortality · continuity · education · legacy · impermanence · childhood · retirement planning · last rites · social security · adulthood · old age · adolescence · housing assistance · unemployment benefits · life cycle · life span · circle of life · growing old
- lifespanlifetime, life expectancy, lifespan, infancy, lifecycle
- completenesscomplete, completely, entire, totally, total
- LCAimpact assessment, characterization, normalization, weighting, endpoint
- agingaging process, aging body, biological age, aging workforce, aging parents
- cycleslife cycle, cycle, circle of life, cycles, period
- Nordic Modelsocial democracy, welfare state, universal healthcare, progressive taxation, welfare policies
cradle to gravepartial
Favoring one side
temporary · short-term · limited · brief · momentary
cradle to graveintermittent
Occurring at irregular intervals
sporadic · on-again off-again · ad hoc · provisional · conditional
cradle to gravemeans-tested
Contingent on financial status
selective · bare minimum · bootstrap · sink or swim · on your own
cradle, grave, cradled, cradles, cradling, graves, graven, engrave, engraved