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to reassign

to reassign

74 4.1
Move a person to a different job or place of work within a company
  • verb
  • /ˌriːəˈsaɪn/
translation icon : reasignar
  • Recently, she had been reassigned to the Miami field office, and I hadn't seen her for months.
  • reassign staff
  • reassign teachers
  • reassign principals

And I said, well I want an SF and all all you have to do is sign the thing and you can get reassigned there.

Examples

  • The company decided to reassign employees to different departments to improve efficiency.

  • To help with the workload, management will reassign some tasks to different team members.

  • You don't have the authority to reassign me.

    Bad Boys (1995)

  • When a group finished its project early, members had to be reassigned to other groups that needed assistance.

    Academic text (1998)

  • At the loss of the First Ship, I was reassigned as Captain of the last, the Sixth Ship.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Or you could be reassigned at your current rank.

    The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

  • Students are assessed frequently for growth and reassigned to different groups based on that assessment.

    Academic text (2003)

  • Captain, now Major, Bennett Marco had been reassigned to Army Intelligence in Washington.

    The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

  • During the reorganization, many principals were reassigned, and some were demoted to assistant principal status.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Capt. Young was reassigned in 1980 to IHS Headquarters in Rockville, Maryland.

    Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

to move
vsto reassign
∞ 1.0

Change the place where you live

focuses specifically on altering staff role or workplace within one organization
to transfer
vsto reassign
528 2.7

To move a person or thing to another place

is limited to shifting staff within the same organization, not all such changes
to relocate
vsto reassign
147 3.7

Move to a new place and start living or working there

is about shifting staff roles or workplaces inside an organization, not settling
to reposition
vsto reassign
23 3.9

To move something to another place

deals with changing staff jobs or work locations rather than physical placement
to redeploy
vsto reassign
16 6.0

To move people or equipment to a new place for a different task after they are sent

covers routine staff changes, not only those done after prior deployment
to second
vsto reassign
  • UK
2 6.4

To send an employee to work temporarily in another team or office

is used for permanent internal staff changes rather than short assignments

Antonyms

to dismiss
70 3.3

To remove someone from their job

How Disruptive

to relocate
147 3.7
to redeploy
16 6.0
to reassign
74 4.1
to transfer
528 2.7

Surface Forms

reassign infinitive
reassigned past
reassigned past participle
reassigning present participle
reassigns third person singular

Morphology

reassign = assign (transparent) = re + assign

The meaning is a standard and readily interpretable case of 'assign again' or 'assign to a different place or role'.

Etymology

Reassign breaks into re- meaning 'again' and assign meaning 'to give' or 'set', and assign is like the word sign or signature. So, to reassign someone is to give them a new job or place 'again', moving their assignment.