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crowdsource

[kroud-sawrs, -sohrs]
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verb (used with or without object), crowd·sourced, crowd·sourc·ing.
  1. to utilize (labor, information, etc.) contributed by the general public to (a project), often via the Internet and without compensation: The team's use of Facebook to crowdsource accurate scientific data allowed the project to be completed on time. The newspaper crowdsourced its investigation into the scandal.
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Origin of crowdsource

First recorded in 2006; crowd1 + (out)source
Related formscrowd·sourc·ing, noun
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crowdsource

verb
  1. to outsource work to an unspecified group of people, typically by making an appeal to the general public on the internet
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Derived Formscrowdsourcing, noun

Word Origin

c21: from crowd + (out)source
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