"crowdsource" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: crowdsources [present, singular, third-person], crowdsourcing [participle, present], crowdsourced [participle, past], crowdsourced [past]
Etymology: From crowd + source; more at crowdsourcing. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₃reǵ-}}, {{compound|en|crowd|source}} crowd + source Head templates: {{en-verb}} crowdsource (third-person singular simple present crowdsources, present participle crowdsourcing, simple past and past participle crowdsourced)
  1. To delegate a task to a large, diffuse group. Derived forms: crowdsourcer Translations (delegate a task to a large group): 眾包 (Chinese Mandarin), 众包 (zhòngbāo) (Chinese Mandarin), joukkoistaa (Finnish), torfoli (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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