crowdsource

[ kroud-sawrs, -sohrs ]

/ ˈkraʊdˌsɔrs, -ˌsoʊrs /

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verb (used with or without object), crowd·sourced, crowd·sourc·ing.

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

OTHER WORDS FROM crowdsource

crowdsourcing, noun

Words nearby crowdsource

crowder pea, crowdfunding, crowdie, crowd pleaser, crowd puller, crowdsource, crowd surf, crowd surfing, crowdy, Crowe, crowea

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How to use crowdsource in a sentence

Rather than casting models for the collection, we used real women whom we crowdsourced via an Instagram campaign.
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If you’re a startup looking to crowdsource funding for a new consumer product, your return on ad spend to get in front of potential backers is probably more important than time spent on-page.
Selecting better KPIs for your business: What to consider and how to bolster your most important metric|George Nguyen|January 7, 2021|Search Engine Land
At some point, likely aided by crowdsourcing initiatives, these maps will become living breathing, real-time representations of the world.
How a Software Map of the Entire Planet Could Change the World Forever|Aaron Frank|December 27, 2020|Singularity Hub
What started as how do we crowdsource to handle the whack-a-mole we realized that it was bigger, we needed a coalition and to involve stakeholders like GARM and ANA.
‘Race to deliver’: Pernod Ricard CMO Pam Forbus on a new anti-hate speech initiative and how the coronavirus changed the company’s marketing|Kristina Monllos|October 22, 2020|Digiday

Find opportunities to crowdsource and automate your digital marketing in order to efficiently keep up with trends.
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Earlier this month, Mosaic started a new initiative to crowdsource solar arrays on schools.
My Latest Investment: The Sun|Daniel Gross|June 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for crowdsource

crowdsource

/ (ˈkraʊdˌsɔːs) /

verb

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

Derived forms of crowdsource

crowdsourcing, noun

Word Origin for crowdsource

c21: from crowd + (out)source

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