give rise to (something)

to cause something to exist.

Her experiences have given rise to the passion she expresses in her poetry.

Stem cells produce more cells of the same kind — liver stem cells give rise to liver cells, skin stem cells give rise to skin, and so on.

Related vocabulary: give birth to something

• burn your fingers
• burst a blood vessel
• burst bubble
• burst in
• bursting at the seams
• burst in on
• burst in on someone
• burst in on something
• burst into
• burst into something
• burst into tears
• burst onto the scene
• burst out
• burst out doing something
• burst out of
• burst out of somewhere
• burst someone's bubble
• burst the bubble
• bury head in the sand
• bury the hatchet
• bury your head in the sand
• bush league
• bush telegraph
• business as usual
• business end