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OUTSOURCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does outsource mean?
• OUTSOURCE (verb)
The verb OUTSOURCE has 1 sense:
1. obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out
Familiarity information: OUTSOURCE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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Past simple: outsourced


Past participle: outsourced


-ing form: outsourcing


Sense 1
Meaning:
Obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Context example:
Many companies outsource and hire consultants in order to maintain a flexible workforce
Hypernyms (to "outsource" is one way to...):
source (get (a product) from another country or business)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Context examples
A site designated as an establishment for outsourcing of human drug compounding.
(Human Drug Compounding Outsourcing Facility, NCI Thesaurus)
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