outsource
verb/ˈaʊtsɔːs/
/ˈaʊtsɔːrs/
[transitive, intransitive] (business)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they outsource | /ˈaʊtsɔːs/ /ˈaʊtsɔːrs/ |
| he / she / it outsources | /ˈaʊtsɔːsɪz/ /ˈaʊtsɔːrsɪz/ |
| past simple outsourced | /ˈaʊtsɔːst/ /ˈaʊtsɔːrst/ |
| past participle outsourced | /ˈaʊtsɔːst/ /ˈaʊtsɔːrst/ |
| -ing form outsourcing | /ˈaʊtsɔːsɪŋ/ /ˈaʊtsɔːrsɪŋ/ |
- outsource (something) to arrange for somebody outside a company to do work or provide goods for that company
- We outsource all our computing work.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOutsource is used with these nouns as the object:- job
- management
- production
- …
Check pronunciation:
outsource