crowdsource

English

Etymology

From crowd +‎ source; more at crowdsourcing.

Verb

crowdsource (third-person singular simple present crowdsources, present participle crowdsourcing, simple past and past participle crowdsourced)

1. To delegate a task to a large, diffuse group.
   • 2009 August 30, William Safire, “Clunkers”, in New York Times‎:

     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).

Derived terms

• crowdsourcer

Translations

delegate a task to a large group

Chinese: Mandarin: 眾包 / 众包 (zh) (zhòngbāo) Finnish: joukkoistaa (fi) Russian: please add this translation if you can Welsh: torfoli (cy)