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backsourcing

backsourcing is the present participle and gerund of backsource.

Meaning of backsource

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.

Noun

backsourcing (uncountable)

  1. The process of bringing previously outsourced jobs back under the roof of the company to be performed internally.

Questions about backsourcing

What does backsourcing mean?
Backsourcing means the process of bringing previously outsourced jobs back under the roof of the company to be performed internally.
What is backsourcing the present participle and gerund of?
Backsourcing is the present participle and gerund of backsource.
What part of speech is backsourcing?
Backsourcing is a noun.

Words near backsourcing in the dictionary

  1. backsound
  2. backsounds
  3. backsource
  4. backsourced
  5. backsources
  6. backsourcing
  7. backspace
  8. backspaceable
  9. backspaced
  10. backspacer
  11. backspacers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backsourcing (page history and authors); backsource (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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