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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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S: (v) focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center (center upon) "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"

S: (v) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have to do with (be relevant to) "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"

S: (v) focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center (center upon) "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"
S: (v) apply, hold, go for (be pertinent or relevant or applicable) "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone"
S: (v) involve, affect, regard (connect closely and often incriminatingly) "This new ruling affects your business"
S: (v) matter to, interest (be of importance or consequence) "This matters to me!"

W: (n) center [Related to: center] (the object upon which interest and attention focuses) "his stories made him the center of the party"
W: (n) centering [Related to: center] (the concentration of attention or energy on something) "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in his life"