OUTSOURCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they outsource ... he / she / it outsources

Past simple: outsourced

Past participle: outsourced

-ing form: outsourcing

Meaning:

Obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out

Example:

Many companies outsource and hire consultants in order to maintain a flexible workforce

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "outsource" is one way to...):

source (get (a product) from another country or business)

Sentence frame:

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