cradle-to-grave

  • 1cradle-to-grave — /krayd l teuh grayv /, adj. extending throughout one s life, from birth to death: a cradle to grave system of health care. Also, Brit., womb to tomb. [1940 45] * * * …

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  • 2cradle-to-grave — adjective Spanning an entire lifetime; from birth to death. Politics should be a cradle to grave calling: anything else is mere distraction …

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  • 3cradle-to-grave — /krayd l teuh grayv /, adj. extending throughout one s life, from birth to death: a cradle to grave system of health care. Also, Brit., womb to tomb. [1940 45] …

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  • 4cradle to grave —  From birth to death; socialism.  ► “Yet, few companies have done anything to help employees break through disempowering attitudes that are firmly grounded in a cradleto grave employment mentality.” (HR Magazine, Aug. 1995, p. 95) …

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  • 5from cradle to grave — from (the) cradle to (the) grave : from the beginning until the end of life He led a life of hardship from the cradle to the grave. The book describes her life from cradle to grave. • • • Main Entry: ↑cradle from (the) cradle to (the) grave see …

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  • 6Cradle to the Grave (disambiguation) — Cradle to the Grave is a song by Tupac Shakur. Cradle to the Grave or Cradle to Grave may also refer to: Cradle 2 the Grave, a 2003 action film Cradle to the Grave , a song by Mobb Deep from The Infamous Cradle to Grave , an episode of the TV… …

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  • 7Cradle to Cradle — Design (sometimes abbreviated to C2C) is a biomimetic approach to the design of systems. It models human industry on nature s processes, in which materials are viewed as nutrients circulating in healthy, safe metabolisms. It suggests that… …

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  • 8Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things — For the design theory, see Cradle to Cradle Design. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things   …

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  • 9cradle — cra|dle1 [ˈkreıdl] n [: Old English; Origin: cradol] 1.) a small bed for a baby, especially one that moves gently from side to side →↑cot ▪ She rocked the cradle to quieten the child. 2.) the cradle of sth formal the place where something… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 10cradle-to-gate — n. The portion of a product s life cycle from inception to the point where it leaves the manufacturer. Example Citations: Salt Spring Coffee s French Roast Nicaragua is carbon neutral from cradle to gate. This means that the company has bought… …

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