reassign

English

Alternative forms

  • re-assign

Etymology

re- + assign

Verb

reassign (third-person singular simple present reassigns, present participle reassigning, simple past and past participle reassigned)

  1. (transitive) To assign again or anew.
    Coordinate terms: unassign; reallocate, redistribute
    The offending employees were reassigned after the incident.
    • 2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 27:
      Two months later, it was reassigned to Toton, and was named RAIL Magazine at Cardiff Canton open day on April 10 2000.
  2. (transitive) To transfer back what was previously assigned.

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