outsourcing
English · Français · Deutsch · Italiano · Thesaurus
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
outsourcing
- /ˈaʊtˌsɔː.sɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈaʊtˌsɔː(ɹ).sɪŋ/ US
Rhymes with -aʊtsɔː(ɹ)sɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of outsource
noun outsourcings
-
The transfer of a business function to an external service provider.
Opposite: insourcing
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: offshoring, subcontract, sourcing, subcontractor, contract, provisioning, relocation, delocalization, delocalisation, externalisation, externalization, contractor, outward, contracting, external, contracting-out
Translations
Every language
noun transfer of business function to external party
| Español | externalización, tercerización, subcontratación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 아웃소싱 autsosing |
| 日本語 | アウトソーシング autosōshingu |
| 中文 | 外包 wàibāo, 委外 wěiwài, 外判 wàipàn, 外購 /外购 wàigòu |
| हिन्दी | आउटसोर्सिंग āuṭsorsiṅg |
| Português | terceirização, externalização, outsourcing |
| Français | externalisation, sous-traitance, impartition, outsourcing |
| Deutsch | Outsourcing, Auslagerung |
| Italiano | outsourcing, esternalizzazione, subappalto |
| Русский | аутсо́рсинг autsórsing, сда́ча в субподря́д sdáča v subpodrjád, подря́д podrjád, субподря́д subpodrjád |
| Tiếng Việt | thuê ngoài |
| العربية | تَعْهِيد m أَوْتْسُورْسِينْغ taʕhīd |
| עברית | מיקור חוץ |
Talk about this word "outsourcing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/outsourcing. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. outsourcing. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/outsourcing "outsourcing." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/outsourcing.Cite this
@misc{outsourcing_2026,
title = {outsourcing},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/outsourcing},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
