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Crux

(krŭks, kro͝oks)

See Southern Cross.

[Modern Latin, from Latin crux, cross.]

crux

(krŭks, kro͝oks)

n. pl. crux·es or cru·ces (kro͞o′sēz)

1. The basic, central, or critical point or feature: the crux of the matter; the crux of an argument.

2. A puzzling or apparently insoluble problem.

3. The most difficult portion of an ascent in rock climbing or mountaineering.

[Probably short for Medieval Latin crux (interpretum), torment (of interpreters), from Latin crux, cross.]

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crux

(krʌks)

n, pl cruxes or cruces (ˈkruːsiːz)

1. a vital or decisive stage, point, etc (often in the phrase the crux of the matter)

2. a baffling problem or difficulty

3. (Mountaineering) mountaineering the most difficult and often decisive part of a climb or pitch

4. (Heraldry) a rare word for cross

[C18: from Latin: cross]

Crux

(krʌks)

n, Latin genitive Crucis (ˈkruːsɪs)

(Astronomy) the more formal name for the Southern Cross

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crux

(krʌks)

n., pl. crux•es, cru•ces (ˈkru siz)

1. the central or pivotal point; essence: the crux of the matter.

2. a perplexing difficulty.

3. a cross.

[1635–45; < Latin: scaffold used in executions, torment]

crux

- Originated as a reference to a real cross and its association with torment and trouble.

crux

noun crucial point, heart, core, essence, nub, decisive point He said the crux of the matter was economic policy.

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Translations

عُقدَه، صُلْب الموضوع، النُقطة الحاسِمـه

jádro věcipotíž

centralt punkt

springende Punkt

ζόρι Σταυρός του Νότου

bökkenõ

höfuîatriîi

punto cruciale

grūti atrisināms jautājumslietas būtība

det springende punkt vanskelig punkt

esas/can alıcı nokta

关键问题的中心

crux

[krʌks] N (cruxes or cruces (pl)) [ˈkruːsiːz] the crux of the matter → lo esencial or el meollo or el quid del asunto

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crux

[ˈkrʌks] n → essentiel m
That's the crux of the matter → C'est l'essentiel.
the crux of the problem → l'essentiel du problème

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crux

n (of matter, problem) → Kern m; this is the crux (of the matter) → das ist der springende Punkt

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crux

[krʌks] n

a. the crux of the matter → il nocciolo della questione

b. (Mountaineering) → passaggio chiave

crux

(kraks) – plural ˈcruxes – noun

a difficult or essential point. That is the crux of the matter.

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Crux. You don't say yes or no on the spot; you take the next day to consider it, and you make up your mind the last thing at night to go to St.

Crux on her suggestion, with the absolute certainty in her own mind that you have followed her advice without communicating it in any form whatever to me or to my niece.

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There were all sorts of legal cruxes to be thought out, not only regarding the taking of life, even of a monstrosity in human form, but also of property.

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The information has been compiled in its first Crux Insight report, which provides a digital perspective on its initial investigation into common engineering and construction dispute causation factors across 257 commissions on which HKA has provided claims consulting and dispute resolution services.

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CRUX aims to provide a better understanding of claims and dispute causation and reinvigorate the debate about how to reduce the prevalence of disputes across the engineering and construction (E&C) industry.

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An example was given by the foundation's executive director Ricardo Grzona to Crux: when meeting Moses, he asks the player, 'Was it me who said: 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?''

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'This is because in our view the crux of the matter as the things currently stand revolves around whether the petitioner's (Rajput's) resignation letter was fabricated or not which is a factual inquiry, ' he added.

Noun	1.	Crux - a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus Crux Australis, Southern Cross Alpha Crucis - the brightest star in the Southern Cross Beta Crucis - the second brightest star in the Southern Cross Milky Way, Milky Way Galaxy, Milky Way System - the galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky
	2.	crux - the most important point crux of the matter alpha and omega - the basic meaning of something; the crucial part point - a brief version of the essential meaning of something; "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point"