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subcontracting

subcontracting is the present participle and gerund of subcontract.

Meaning of subcontract

Verb

subcontract (third-person singular simple present subcontracts, present participle subcontracting, simple past and past participle subcontracted)

  1. (ambitransitive) To contract out portions of a larger contracted project.
    Synonyms:
    farm out, outsource

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Questions about subcontracting

What is subcontracting the present participle and gerund of?
Subcontracting is the present participle and gerund of subcontract.

Words near subcontracting in the dictionary

  1. subcontract
  2. subcontractable
  3. subcontracted
  4. subcontractee
  5. subcontractees
  6. subcontracting
  7. subcontractor
  8. subcontractors
  9. subcontracts
  10. subcontractual
  11. subcontraoctave

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Adapted from Wiktionary: subcontracting (page history and authors); subcontract (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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