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nounPlural cruxes, Plural cruces krʌks the crux1The decisive or most important point at issue. the crux of the matter is that attitudes have changed Example sentencesExamples - They both think in terms of a zero-sum game and this is the crux of the ongoing crisis.
- This is where we get to the crux of the issue, because surely no one in their right mind wants strikes for the sake of it?
- This gets at the crux of the issue I am raising, and I want to fundamentally disagree.
- But they also report that the crux of the issue might be the date of her reporting of the deal.
- That process requires lots of energy, and how you generate that energy is the crux of the issue.
- I want to add that this really isn't the crux of the issue.
- The crux of the issue is this: is there no chance of a catastrophe, or a tiny chance?
- I only know that easing access to the music that people want is the crux of the issue.
- This is not meant to be definitive, but to highlight the crux of the issue.
- First, she was never charged with insider trading, which really was the crux of the issue.
- The crux of the issue - it has wheels and can move, but since it doesn't have an engine or a license plate, is it classed as a vehicle?
- This is the crux of the matter; the answer will determine Europe's future for decades to come.
- And as poignant as that analogy may be, it is not the crux of the matter.
- It is time to put down the sticks and stones and get down to the crux of the issue.
- In a private conversation with Liam, he told me the crux of his issue.
- It's not the sort of question I would have worried about before, but now it feels as though this is the crux of the matter.
- And this is the crux of the issue, the reality which is so often unmentioned.
- This trend may continue and therein lies the crux of the issue.
- So the crux of the matter is really that there is no such miracle cure.
- I think that what the crux of the issue here is that marriage is not just a label.
Synonyms nub, heart, essence, most important point, central point, main point, essential part, core, centre, nucleus, kernel informal the bottom line - 1.1 A particular point of difficulty.
both cruces can be resolved by a consideration of the manuscripts Example sentencesExamples - Royal Shakespeare Company audiences, like the company, tended to be knowledgeable about the texts, anticipating how a production might handle the cruxes.
- One of the cruxes of the problems is that the funding is based on race and location, not on individual patient need.
- Erne explains how these plays treated certain cruxes in the original play and adds to our knowledge of the ways in which this enormously popular revenge play was perceived by different audiences and cultures.
- There are cruxes, for instance, in Shakespeare's texts, such as the ‘sullied-solid-sallied’ one in Hamlet's first soliloquy, where no one can decide for sure just what Shakespeare wrote, let alone what he intended.
- Currently, we, as editors, have the responsibility - and, generally, wish to retain the responsibility - for identifying cruxes and offering possible alternative solutions.
- This was probably the first play the Folio's compositors set from such copy, which may help to explain its high percentage of misprints, errors, and cruces.
Synonyms decisive moment, critical moment, moment of truth, point of no return, crunch, zero hour most important fact, main point, central point, essential point, essence, nub, focal point, salient point, heart of the matter, keynote, core, pith, marrow, meat
Origin Mid 17th century (denoting a representation of a cross, chiefly in crux ansata 'ankh', literally 'cross with a handle'): from Latin, literally 'cross'. excruciating from late 16th century: The source of excruciate is Latin excruciare ‘to torment or torture’, which was based on crux. This meant ‘a cross’, of the kind used to crucify someone, and is the root not only of cross but also of crucial, and crux (mid 17th century). In English to excruciate someone was originally to torture them.
Rhymes dux, flux, lux, luxe, tux proper nounkrʌkskrəks Astronomy 1The smallest constellation (the Cross or Southern Cross), but the most familiar one to observers in the southern hemisphere. It contains the bright star Acrux, the ‘Jewel Box’ star cluster, and most of the Coalsack nebula. Formerly called Crux Australis. - 1.1as genitive Crucis /ˈkruːsɪs/ Used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation Crux.
noun the crux1The decisive or most important point at issue. the crux of the matter is that attitudes have changed Example sentencesExamples - The crux of the issue - it has wheels and can move, but since it doesn't have an engine or a license plate, is it classed as a vehicle?
- And as poignant as that analogy may be, it is not the crux of the matter.
- This is not meant to be definitive, but to highlight the crux of the issue.
- They both think in terms of a zero-sum game and this is the crux of the ongoing crisis.
- It is time to put down the sticks and stones and get down to the crux of the issue.
- This gets at the crux of the issue I am raising, and I want to fundamentally disagree.
- This is where we get to the crux of the issue, because surely no one in their right mind wants strikes for the sake of it?
- I think that what the crux of the issue here is that marriage is not just a label.
- That process requires lots of energy, and how you generate that energy is the crux of the issue.
- I only know that easing access to the music that people want is the crux of the issue.
- This trend may continue and therein lies the crux of the issue.
- So the crux of the matter is really that there is no such miracle cure.
- The crux of the issue is this: is there no chance of a catastrophe, or a tiny chance?
- In a private conversation with Liam, he told me the crux of his issue.
- I want to add that this really isn't the crux of the issue.
- It's not the sort of question I would have worried about before, but now it feels as though this is the crux of the matter.
- This is the crux of the matter; the answer will determine Europe's future for decades to come.
- But they also report that the crux of the issue might be the date of her reporting of the deal.
- First, she was never charged with insider trading, which really was the crux of the issue.
- And this is the crux of the issue, the reality which is so often unmentioned.
Synonyms nub, heart, essence, most important point, central point, main point, essential part, core, centre, nucleus, kernel - 1.1 A particular point of difficulty.
both cruces can be resolved by a consideration of the manuscripts Example sentencesExamples - Royal Shakespeare Company audiences, like the company, tended to be knowledgeable about the texts, anticipating how a production might handle the cruxes.
- One of the cruxes of the problems is that the funding is based on race and location, not on individual patient need.
- This was probably the first play the Folio's compositors set from such copy, which may help to explain its high percentage of misprints, errors, and cruces.
- Currently, we, as editors, have the responsibility - and, generally, wish to retain the responsibility - for identifying cruxes and offering possible alternative solutions.
- Erne explains how these plays treated certain cruxes in the original play and adds to our knowledge of the ways in which this enormously popular revenge play was perceived by different audiences and cultures.
- There are cruxes, for instance, in Shakespeare's texts, such as the ‘sullied-solid-sallied’ one in Hamlet's first soliloquy, where no one can decide for sure just what Shakespeare wrote, let alone what he intended.
Synonyms decisive moment, critical moment, moment of truth, point of no return, crunch, zero hour most important fact, main point, central point, essential point, essence, nub, focal point, salient point, heart of the matter, keynote, core, pith, marrow, meat
Origin Mid 17th century (denoting a representation of a cross, chiefly in crux ansata ‘ankh’, literally ‘cross with a handle’): from Latin, literally ‘cross’. proper nounkrəkskrəks Astronomy 1 another term for the Southern Cross - 1.1as genitive Crucis /ˈkro͞osis/ Used with preceding letter or numeral to designate a star in the constellation Crux.
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