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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CROWDSOURCE

C21: from crowd + (out)source.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CROWDSOURCE

crowdsource  [ˈkraʊdˌsɔːs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CROWDSOURCE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Crowdsource is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb crowdsource in English.

WHAT DOES CROWDSOURCE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of crowdsource in the English dictionary

The definition of crowdsource in the dictionary is to outsource work to an unspecified group of people, typically by making an appeal to the general public on the internet.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CROWDSOURCE

PRESENT

Present
I crowdsource
you crowdsource
he/she/it crowdsources
we crowdsource
you crowdsource
they crowdsource
Present continuous
I am crowdsourcing
you are crowdsourcing
he/she/it is crowdsourcing
we are crowdsourcing
you are crowdsourcing
they are crowdsourcing
Present perfect
I have crowdsourced
you have crowdsourced
he/she/it has crowdsourced
we have crowdsourced
you have crowdsourced
they have crowdsourced
Present perfect continuous
I have been crowdsourcing
you have been crowdsourcing
he/she/it has been crowdsourcing
we have been crowdsourcing
you have been crowdsourcing
they have been crowdsourcing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I crowdsourced
you crowdsourced
he/she/it crowdsourced
we crowdsourced
you crowdsourced
they crowdsourced
Past continuous
I was crowdsourcing
you were crowdsourcing
he/she/it was crowdsourcing
we were crowdsourcing
you were crowdsourcing
they were crowdsourcing
Past perfect
I had crowdsourced
you had crowdsourced
he/she/it had crowdsourced
we had crowdsourced
you had crowdsourced
they had crowdsourced
Past perfect continuous
I had been crowdsourcing
you had been crowdsourcing
he/she/it had been crowdsourcing
we had been crowdsourcing
you had been crowdsourcing
they had been crowdsourcing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will crowdsource
you will crowdsource
he/she/it will crowdsource
we will crowdsource
you will crowdsource
they will crowdsource
Future continuous
I will be crowdsourcing
you will be crowdsourcing
he/she/it will be crowdsourcing
we will be crowdsourcing
you will be crowdsourcing
they will be crowdsourcing
Future perfect
I will have crowdsourced
you will have crowdsourced
he/she/it will have crowdsourced
we will have crowdsourced
you will have crowdsourced
they will have crowdsourced
Future perfect continuous
I will have been crowdsourcing
you will have been crowdsourcing
he/she/it will have been crowdsourcing
we will have been crowdsourcing
you will have been crowdsourcing
they will have been crowdsourcing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would crowdsource
you would crowdsource
he/she/it would crowdsource
we would crowdsource
you would crowdsource
they would crowdsource
Conditional continuous
I would be crowdsourcing
you would be crowdsourcing
he/she/it would be crowdsourcing
we would be crowdsourcing
you would be crowdsourcing
they would be crowdsourcing
Conditional perfect
I would have crowdsource
you would have crowdsource
he/she/it would have crowdsource
we would have crowdsource
you would have crowdsource
they would have crowdsource
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been crowdsourcing
you would have been crowdsourcing
he/she/it would have been crowdsourcing
we would have been crowdsourcing
you would have been crowdsourcing
they would have been crowdsourcing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you crowdsource
we let´s crowdsource
you crowdsource
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to crowdsource
Past participle
crowdsourced
Present Participle
crowdsourcing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CROWDSOURCE


coarse
kɔːs
corse
kɔːs
course
kɔːs
discourse
ˈdɪskɔːs
divorce
dɪˈvɔːs
endorse
ɪnˈdɔːs
enforce
ɪnˈfɔːs
force
fɔːs
horse
hɔːs
insource
ˈɪnˌsɔːs
matter-of-course
ˈmætərəvˌkɔːs
morse
mɔːs
multisource
ˈmʌltɪˌsɔːs
outsource
ˌaʊtˈsɔːs
oversauce
ˌəʊvəˈsɔːs
reinforce
ˌriːɪnˈfɔːs
resource
rɪˈzɔːs
sauce
sɔːs
source
sɔːs
workforce
ˈwɜːkˌfɔːs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CROWDSOURCE

crowd
crowd control
crowd on sail
crowd puller
crowd scene
crowd surfing
crowd trouble
crowd-pleaser
crowd-puller
crowded
crowded out
crowdedly
crowdedness
crowdfunding
crowdie
Crowe
crowea
crower
crowfeet
crowfoot

WORDS THAT END LIKE CROWDSOURCE

air force
at source
chamber of commerce
closed source
commerce
driving force
e-commerce
field sales force
fierce
heat source
in force
income source
open source
pierce
point source
police force
radio source
scarce
task force
the force

Synonyms and antonyms of crowdsource in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «crowdsource» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CROWDSOURCE

Find out the translation of crowdsource to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of crowdsource from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «crowdsource» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

众包
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

crowdsource
570 millions of speakers

English

crowdsource
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

crowdsource
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

crowdsource
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

краудсорсинга
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

crowdsourcing
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রসূত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crowdsource
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Crowdsource
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

crowd
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

クラウドソースする
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

crowdsource
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Crowdsource
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

crowdsource
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிறர் வழங்கிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Crowdsource
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

iletin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

crowdsource
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

crowdsource
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

краудсорсинга
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crowdsource
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

crowdsource
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

crowdsource
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

crowdsource
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

crowdsource
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of crowdsource

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CROWDSOURCE»

The term «crowdsource» is quite widely used and occupies the 49.431 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about crowdsource

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CROWDSOURCE»

Discover the use of crowdsource in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crowdsource and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Innovative Leader: How to Inspire Your Team and Drive ...
A powerful way to gain innovative solutions to tough problems is to crowdsource. The term was coined to describe the process of outsourcing an issue or problem to an independent 'crowd' of experts who compete (or sometimes collaborate) ...
Paul Sloane, 2007
2
Crowdsource Testing
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Columba Sara Evelyn, 2012
3
Using Social Media for Global Security
Crowdsource. The preceding examples illustrate only a few potential applications of crowdsourcing via social media. We review several more examples and applications in the subsequent chapters, and we hope you recognize that the ...
Ravi Gupta, Hugh Brooks, 2013
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Crowdsourcing For Dummies
Most people crowdsource simply because of the advantages it offers them. It brings new talent to organisations, enables individuals to do things that they couldn't do before, and allows groups of people to meet and collaborate for their  ...
David Alan Grier, 2013
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Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS
Here I will focus on crowdsource and the Web as platform (see Chapter 3 for discussion of open source). Crowdsource refers to the way that large numbers of distributed people can work on the same project in a very powerful manner, creating ...
Jeremy W. Crampton, 2011
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The Crowdsource Funding Services Handbook: Raising the Money ...
In The Crowdsource Funding Services Handbook, author Jason R. Rich offers a step-by-step overview of the various crowdsource funding services available on the Web, as well as the necessary documentation required to launch a successful ...
Jason R. Rich, 2014
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A Guide to Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing: Advice from ...
crowdsource. The 'rules' of crowdsourcing, such as they are, offer a framework of best practices for crowdsourcing. ... there is another person or two who tried to crowdsource a magazine or a commercial and discovered that it's just as difficult  ...
Paul Sloane, 2011
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Civic Apps Competition Handbook
CACs can be an effective way to crowdsource data priorities, because participating developers or community organizations discover that the data set they need to build out their app isn't available. How effective is your CAC is at crowdsourcing ...
Katherine Eyler-Werve, Virginia Carlson, 2012
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Mobile Technologies for Conflict Management: Online Dispute ...
Chapter. 5. How. to. Crowdsource. Election. Monitoring. in. 30. Days: the. Mexican. Experience. Oscar Salazar and Jorge Soto ... leaving official election observers out of the picture. How to crowdsource an electoral observation also presents ...
Marta Poblet, 2011
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# Creating Thought Leaders Tweet Book01: Helping Experts ...
Appendix B: Steps to crowdsource o THiNKoho Book In the book # CROWDSOURCING tweet by Kiruba Shankar, Appendix A points to an easy way to crowdsource a book. It is repeated here. Please go to this URL for a quick and easy set of ...
Mitchell Levy, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CROWDSOURCE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term crowdsource is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jolla splits hardware and software business to focus on Sailfish OS
The company took to Indiegogo last year to raise crowdsource funding for the tablet, generating $2.5 million from backers. The tablet was ... «ZDNet, Jul 15»
2
Ontario Crowdsources Ombudsman
The Ontario government says that its move to crowdsource the position is part of its broader open government and citizen engagement plan. «CivSource, Jul 15»
3
We're in a golden age for content – so is yours good enough to …
Instead of flicking through the pages of a magazine on my commute to work, I use Twitter to crowdsource content discovery from hundreds of ... «The Drum, Jul 15»
4
You Can Now Crowdsource Your Medical Diagnoses, But Should …
In 2003, Carly Heyman fell ill with some bizarre symptoms. She was depressed, gained 50 pounds, would sleep all day but would wake up with ... «Popular Science, Jul 15»
5
Girl Scout CEO defends decision to crowdsource
The decision to return a $100,000 donation has paid off for the Girl Scouts of Western Washington, but KIRO Radio's Dori Monson remains ... «MyNorthwest.com, Jul 15»
6
Indonesian e-reader SCOOP pivots business model
I came across an interesting development today, and I'd like to crowdsource some opinions from the media junkies in Jakarta. Indonesian ... «Tech in Asia, Jul 15»
7
VoxPop ties up with international design community Threadless
Designs from Threadless - a community that crowdsource designs with thousands submitting their work - will be available through VoxPop with ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
8
Microsoft Tossup makes app out of lunch choice overload
Since any photo can be uploaded, and the query to be voted on can be phrased in any way, Tossup could be a simple place to crowdsource an ... «SlashGear, Jul 15»
9
Crowdsource safety problems on DC streets with this interactive …
Do you know of a safety problem on a DC street? If so, tell DDOT about it using the interactive Vision Zero map. It allows residents to click a ... «Greater Greater Washington, Jul 15»
10
Linthicum: Local woman creates a way to crowdsource memories
Sharon Paul Perfetti in front of the old Paul family home on Hawthorne Road, where three generations of her family lived. The basis for her ... «CapitalGazette.com, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Crowdsource [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/crowdsource>. May 2024 ».
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