Crowdsource
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To delegate a task to a large, diffuse group.
"And I sometimes “crowdsource,” asking for help in research from the Lexicographic Irregulars (like when I asked for sign-language suggestions for “thanks” and learned how the little Dutch boy felt when he pulled his finger out of the dike)."
Example
More examples"And I sometimes “crowdsource,” asking for help in research from the Lexicographic Irregulars (like when I asked for sign-language suggestions for “thanks” and learned how the little Dutch boy felt when he pulled his finger out of the dike)."
Etymology
From crowd + source; more at crowdsourcing.
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