crux
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2(noun.)
CRUX + VERB
lie
The crux of the problem lies in poor communication between the two teams.
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the crux of the matter/problem
Definitions
noun
The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
The crux of her argument was that the roadways needed repair before anything else could be accomplished.
The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.
The mad certitude of the ogre, Abel Tiffauges, that he stands at the crux of history and that he will be able to raise Prussia "to a higher power" (p. 180), contrasts sharply with the anxiety and doubt attendant upon most modern literary dreams.
The movie hits its dramatic crux an hour in, when Reality [Winner], at work at the contractor’s facility in Georgia, discovers what she deems a tragic scandal.
A puzzle or difficulty.
What I have advanced upon this species of verse will contribute to solve a poetical problem, thrown out by Dryden as a crux to his brethren
The perpetual crux of New Testament chronologists.
The hardest point of a climb.
the real crux of the climb was encountered
The final half-mile was the crux of the climb.
A cross on a coat of arms.
name
A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross. It appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania.
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6The crux of her argument was that the roadways needed repair before anything else could be accomplished.
WiktionaryThe mad certitude of the ogre, Abel Tiffauges, that he stands at the crux of history and that he will be able to raise Prussia "to a higher power" (p. 180), contrasts sharply with the anxiety and doub
WiktionaryThe movie hits its dramatic crux an hour in, when Reality [Winner], at work at the contractor’s facility in Georgia, discovers what she deems a tragic scandal.
WiktionaryThe crux of his argument can be found on p. 56.
Tatoeba · #699990That's the crux of the matter.
Tatoeba · #850783Here's the crux of the problem.
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