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outsources

outsources is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outsource.

Meaning of outsource

Verb

outsource (third-person singular simple present outsources, present participle outsourcing, simple past and past participle outsourced)

  1. (US, transitive) To transfer the management or day-to-day execution of a business function to a third-party service provider.
    • They decided to outsource the design and manufacture of the system to a vendor.

Questions about outsources

What is outsources the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Outsources is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outsource.

Words near outsources in the dictionary

  1. outsourcee
  2. outsourcees
  3. outsourcer
  4. outsourcers
  5. outsourcery
  6. outsources
  7. outsourcing
  8. outsourcings
  9. outspake
  10. outspan
  11. outspanned

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outsources (page history and authors); outsource (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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