crowdsource
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.
Origin of crowdsource
1Other words from crowdsource
- crowdsourcing, noun
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How to use crowdsource in a sentence
However, one nascent winner has been the rise of crowdsourced fractional labor.
Is Crowdsourced Labor the Future of Middle Class Employment? | Sarah Kunst | March 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOrganization holds a crowdsourced funding program to put up solar panels – on a military base.
Solar Mosaic aims to raise crowdsourced funding for solar panels on military base | Sarah Langs | August 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is a dictionary that was crowdsourced before crowdsourcing was a common online behavior.
Wunnerfitz! Sollybuster! The Fun of the Dictionary of American Regional English | Ammon Shea | April 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for crowdsource
/ (ˈkraʊdˌsɔːs) /
to outsource work to an unspecified group of people, typically by making an appeal to the general public on the internet
Origin of crowdsource
1Derived forms of crowdsource
- crowdsourcing, noun
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