GIVE RISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does give rise mean? 

• GIVE RISE (verb)
  The verb GIVE RISE has 1 sense:

1. cause to happen, occur or exist

  Familiarity information: GIVE RISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GIVE RISE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to happen, occur or exist

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

bring about; give rise; produce

Context example:

the new President must bring about a change in the health care system

Hypernyms (to "give rise" is one way to...):

create; make (make or cause to be or to become)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "give rise"):

induce; induct (produce electric current by electrostatic or magnetic processes)

lead; leave; result (produce as a result or residue)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

A type of tumor that begins in the type of cells that give rise to egg cells and is most often found in the ovaries.

(Dysgerminoma, NCI Dictionary)

When an injury is incurred in the nervous system, this can give rise to a very specific condition known as neuropathic pain.

(Genetic study paves way for new neuropathic pain treatments, University of Granada)

Cancer stem cells proliferate and give rise to other malignant cells.

(Cancer Stem Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A bone marrow stem cell with variable lineage potential is an undifferentiated cell which can undergo division and give rise to a variety of hematopoietic cells.

(Bone Marrow Stem Cell with Variable Lineage Potential, NCI Thesaurus)

These cells give rise to the epidermis and neural tissue.

(Ectoderm Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

Leukemic hematopoietic stem cells can initiate or sustain neoplastic hematopoietic diseases because they are able to both proliferate and give rise to other malignant cells.

(Leukemic Hematopoietic Stem Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

A rare type of germ cell tumor (type of tumor that begins in the cells that give rise to sperm or eggs).

(Immature teratoma, NCI Dictionary)

A type of tumor that begins in the cells that give rise to sperm or eggs.

(Germ cell tumor, NCI Dictionary)

Either of two arteries (left or right) that have a high degree of variability in their origin from the aorta and that give rise to numerous branches.

(Phrenic Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

A primitive, undifferentiated blood cell which can undergo division and tends to give rise to a blood cell of the monocyte lineage.

(Bone Marrow Stem Cell with Some Commitment to Monocytic Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus)