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   THE CRUX definition: 1. the most important or serious part of a matter, problem, or argument: 2. the most important or…. Learn more.

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     THE CRUX meaning: 1. the most important or serious part of a...

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   How to use crux in a sentence. Did you know? a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question; an essential point requiring resolution or resolving an outcome…

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   5 meanings: 1. a vital or decisive stage, point, etc (often in the phrase the crux of the matter) 2. a baffling problem or.... Click for more definitions.

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   Word Origin mid 17th cent. (denoting a representation of a cross, chiefly in crux ansata ‘ankh’, literally ‘cross with a handle’): from Latin, literally ‘cross’.

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   Crux definition: a vital, basic, decisive, or pivotal point. See examples of CRUX used in a sentence.

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   What does crux mean?

   • THE CRUX definition: 1. the most important or serious part of a matter, problem, or argument: 2. the most important or…. Learn more.

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   What is the crux of a problem?

   • The crux of a problem or argument is the most important or difficult part of it which affects everything else. He said the crux of the matter was economic policy. 5 meanings: 1. a vital or decisive stage, point, etc (often in the phrase the crux of the matter) 2. a baffling problem or.... Click for more definitions.

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   What does the term 'crux' mean in a sentence?

   • The term 'crux' refers to the basic, central, or critical point of an issue. For example, 'In this trial the bloodstains represent the crux of the matter,' or 'We think the second clause is the heart of the matter.' Although 'crux' is Latin for 'cross,' in English it means 'difficulty' or 'puzzle,' and it is from the latter that this expression is thought to be derived.

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   Where did the word crux come from?

   • The origin of the word is a scholarly crux. Did you know? In Latin, crux referred literally to an instrument of torture, often a cross or stake, and figuratively to the torture and misery inflicted by means of such an instrument.

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   What is a crux in the Bible?

   • The crux is new representation: of body, of proportion, of aesthetic ideals. The very word (crux) was used among them as a curse, especially in the form ad (malam) crucem. Ah, that was it—that was the crux of the whole matter; and he remembered now that never once had she reproached him with that.

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   What does crux mean in a court case?

   • Later, in the late 19th century, crux began to be used more specifically to refer to an essential point of a legal case that required resolution before the case as a whole could be resolved. Today, the verdict on crux is that it can be used to refer to any important part of a problem or argument, inside or outside of the courtroom.

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