crowdsource

[kroud-sawrs, -sohrs]

verb (used with or without object)

crowdsourced, crowdsourcing 

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.

crowdsource

/ ˈkraʊdˌsɔːs /

verb

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

Other Word Forms

• crowdsourcing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of crowdsource¹

First recorded in 2006; crowd ¹ + (out)source

Word History and Origins

Origin of crowdsource¹

c21: from _crowd + _(out)source

Example Sentences

He scanned the street for law enforcement vehicles and hit refresh on a crowdsourced map that showed recent immigration sweeps.

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It ranks among the best on LMArena, a popular crowdsourced ranking platform for AI.

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Musk's company xAI launched Grokipedia last month to compete with Wikipedia -- a crowdsourced information repository authored by humans that the billionaire and others on the American right have repeatedly accused of ideological bias.

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Chinese AI models currently rank at or near the top in every task from coding to video generation, with the exception of search, according to Chatbot Arena, a popular crowdsourced ranking platform.

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The city engaged residents by crowdsourcing names for some of the robots.

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