to crowdsource

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To get ideas, work, or money by asking many people online

verb
/ˈkraʊdˌsɔrs/

Texting

: crowdsourcing

In addition, participants have used Google Apps including Docs, Presentations, and Forms as collaborative spaces to share and crowdsource work.

Can we just Crowdsource the the DNA from individuals?

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Examples

If you want to proceed, put the protocol on Google Docs, and we can crowdsource the protocol and cases to present.

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Customers (patients) are free to crowdsource their own interpretation of their genomic data.

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But I would also like to crowdsource some of the research if possible.

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We crowdsource constantly to make sure that their needs and wants are being served.

Academic text (2012)
And it launched a global competition to Crowdsource innovative apps using this data.

TED-Ed
And now a group of us here on Boarding Area are stepping up to crowdsource some additional support.

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Also, this is a great idea to crowdsource the business of knocking down the ridiculous patent situation.

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Perhaps WUWT can crowdsource the names of the 28.

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They're currently working with BMW to crowdsource the Beamers of the future.

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We decided to crowdsource ideas for our new marketing campaign by asking our followers on social media.

Surface Forms

crowdsource infinitive

crowdsourced past

crowdsourced past participle

crowdsourcing present participle

crowdsources third person singular

Morphology

crowdsource = crowd + source (transparent) = crowd + source

A direct, productive combination of 'crowd' + the verb 'source' yielding 'obtain from a crowd', which learners can deduce from known components.

Etymology

Crowdsource comes from two simple words: crowd and source, where crowd means 'a large group of people' and source means 'a place to get something'. So to crowdsource is to 'get' ideas, services, or money from many people, usually online.