reassign
Britishverb
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Explanation
The verb reassign means to move someone or something to a new location, department, or position. If your department was in the Cincinnati office but then your boss moved you to the Chicago office, you were reassigned. Reassign is a combination of re-, meaning "again," and assign, which is from the Latin word assignare, meaning to mark out. Today reassign is often used in work-related discussions to indicate a transfer. If your boss says, "I'm going to reassign you to the Peterson project," you may be flattered that your boss thinks highly enough of you to put you on such a high profile project. But when reality sets in, you realize that your boss just assigned you tons of extra work for a cranky client. Congrats!
Vocabulary lists containing reassign
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Example Sentences
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The agency’s latest proposal, to reassign retroactively years of exempted obligations, is legally dubious.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
The country is estimated to have around 370,000 police officers, and until President Bola Tinubu's decision to reassign VIP police bodyguards on Sunday, nearly 100,000 of them were not engaged in core policing work.
From Barron's ● Nov. 24, 2025
The public will have more answers in the coming weeks as news organizations use a new White House administration to reassign correspondents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2024
The society said it did not reassign the prize because no runner-up in that category had been chosen.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 5, 2024
“I can see how that would suck. I had no idea. Look, I’ll leave. I’ll go back home, and he’ll have to reassign you. Maybe you can be in a group of three with someone.”
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
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