crowdsourceverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˈkraʊdˌsɔːs/us/ˈkraʊd.sɔːrs/to give tasks to a large group of people or to the general public, for example, by asking for help on the internet, rather than having tasks done within a company by employees:
The company plans to crowdsource the translation of its new web app.
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noun [ U ] uk/ˈkraʊdˌsɔː.sɪŋ//ˈkraʊdˌsɔːr.sɪŋ/