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"flowing", "issuing", "proceeding", "springing" ], "near antonyms":[ "approaching", "closing in (on)", "nearing", "centering (on)", "centralizing", "connecting", "coupling", "joining", "linking", "uniting" ], "antonyms":[ "concentrating", "converging", "focusing", "focussing", "funneling", "funnelling", "meeting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] } }