crux
IPA: krˈʌks
noun
- The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
- The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.
- A puzzle or difficulty.
- (climbing) The hardest point of a climb.
- (heraldry) A cross on a coat of arms.
- (astronomy) 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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Examples of "crux" in Sentences
- That is the crux of the dispute.
- That is the crux of the discussion.
- Alas this is the crux of the matter.
- This indeed is the crux of the matter.
- Interpretation is the crux of the matter.
- Discussing the listing shows is the crux of the matter.
- Let's keep the heading title to the crux of the matter.
- The crux of the matter is what the essential doctrine is.
- The immediate crux of the matter is the source of those prescriptions.
- The entire crux of the matter is whether parapsychology is a field of science.