Meanings
present singular third person reassigns · participle present reassigning · participle past reassigned · past reassigned · alternative re-assign
- transitiveTo assign again or anew.
The offending employees were reassigned after the incident.
1 more example
Two months later, it was reassigned to Toton, and was named RAIL Magazine at Cardiff Canton open day on April 10 2000.
2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 27 - transitiveTo transfer back what was previously assigned.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbtransfer somebody to a different position or location of work
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
- Proto-Italic*segnom
- Proto-Italic*segnāō
- Latinsignō
- Latinassignō
- Old Frenchassigner
- Middle Englishassignen
- Englishassign
- Englishreassign
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Cite this entry
reassign. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reassign
“reassign.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reassign. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reassign,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reassign.
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