"crowdsource" meaning in English

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        "To delegate a task to a large, diffuse group."
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "delegate a task to a large group",
          "word": "眾包"
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          "roman": "zhòngbāo",
          "sense": "delegate a task to a large group",
          "word": "众包"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "delegate a task to a large group",
          "word": "joukkoistaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "delegate a task to a large group",
          "word": "torfoli"
        }
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  "word": "crowdsource"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "delegate a task to a large group",
      "word": "眾包"
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      "sense": "delegate a task to a large group",
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