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backsource

backsource verb: to bring jobs previously outsourced back into the company to be performed internally.

Verb

backsource (third-person singular simple present backsources, present participle backsourcing, simple past and past participle backsourced)

  1. To bring jobs previously outsourced back into the company to be performed internally.

Forms of backsource

third-person singular presentbacksources
present participlebacksourcing
past participlebacksourced
pastbacksourced

Origin of backsource

From back + source.

Questions about backsource

What does backsource mean?
Backsource means to bring jobs previously outsourced back into the company to be performed internally.
What part of speech is backsource?
Backsource is a verb.
What is the past tense of backsource?
The past tense of backsource is backsourced.

Words near backsource in the dictionary

  1. backsolvers
  2. backsolves
  3. backsolving
  4. backsound
  5. backsounds
  6. backsource
  7. backsourced
  8. backsources
  9. backsourcing
  10. backspace
  11. backspaceable

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