"sourcing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɔɹsɪŋ/ Audio: en-ca-sourcing.ogg [Canada] Forms: sourcings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sourcing (countable and uncountable, plural sourcings)
  1. The process by which something is sourced, or obtained from another place. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-sourcing-en-noun-ufAeairp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 69 27 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 21 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 17 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 14 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 60 32 8
  2. (chiefly US) The supply of resources needed by a business process. Tags: US, countable, uncountable Translations (supply of resources needed by a business process): 采購 /采购 (cǎigòu) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-sourcing-en-noun-P3KP1jkX Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'supply of resources needed by a business process': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: crowdsourcing, multisourcing, ridesourcing, impact sourcing, insourcing, outsourcing

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈsɔɹsɪŋ/ Audio: en-ca-sourcing.ogg [Canada]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)sɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} sourcing
  1. present participle and gerund of source Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: source
    Sense id: en-sourcing-en-verb-fCf-bIoT

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "impact sourcing"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "insourcing"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        }
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    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
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      "word": "采購 /采购"
    }
  ],
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}

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