reassignment

American  

[ree-uh-sahyn-muhnt] / ˌri əˈsaɪn mənt /

noun

1. the act of assigning an employee, resources, etc., to a different position, task, or location.

2. a new position, task, etc. to which an employee has been assigned; the period or duration of such a position or task.

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Example Sentences

“Only the stronger medicine of reassignment will put a stop to the parade of irregular proceedings and rulings...” it said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

He said the trust had some 8,000 employees and had to balance the "competing" rights of those with the "protected characteristics" of biological sex and gender reassignment.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

They point to Hochman’s reassignment of two prosecutors, Nancy Theberge and Brock Lunsford, who worked with Gascón on the Menendez motion and recommended the brothers be freed.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2025

People who use it can also access other services such as hormone treatment and mental health services, but those approved for gender reassignment must travel outside Northern Ireland because there is no surgical service here.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025

I do not want to leave Chou behind, but I cannot refuse the reassignment.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung