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Reassign

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To assign to a new position, distribution, or function: reassigned the ambassador to a new post; reassigned the job to more experienced workers.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. assign again

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To assign back or again; to transfer back what has been assigned.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To assign again; transfer back or to another what has been assigned.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

Word Usage

"He had to practically be begged to fire - sorry, to "reassign" - offensive coordinator John Hufnagel near the end of 2006 in an obvious act of self-preservation."

Verb Form

reassigned reassigning reassigns

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

assign designate depute delegate

Hyponym

second exchange

Form

reassignment

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Aline Cline Combine Dine Heine