Meaning of Crux | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
2. A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross. It appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania.
3. The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.
4. A puzzle or difficulty.
5. The hardest point of a climb.
6. A cross on a coat of arms.

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Examples

“The crux of her argument was that the roadways needed repair⟳ before anything else could be accomplished.”

“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.”

“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 real crux of the climb⟳ was encountered”

“The final half-mile was the crux of the climb⟳.”

“Most pitches have⟳ a distinct crux, or tough spot; some have⟳ multiple cruxes. […] ¶ Climb⟳ efficiently on the "cruiser" sections to stay⟳ fresh for the cruxes.”

“Continue⟳ climbing the groove; the crux is passing some vegetation on the second pitch.”

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