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to reengage

to reengage

1 5.0
Bring someone back to work for you after they left
  • verb
  • /ˌriːɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/
: recontratar
  • After a year away, they plan to reengage the former employee for a new role at the company.

Examples

  • To boost employee morale, the team leader chose to reengage staff in the decision-making process.

  • With as many reasons for dropping out as there are students, we need an equal number of tactics for reengaging them in learning.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The manager decided to reengage the consultant to help with the project's completion.

Synonyms

to renew
vsto reengage
175 2.8

Make a card or agreement valid again after it ends

is used specifically for hiring, appointing, or continuing someone's work under contract
to reappoint
vsto reengage
  • Formal
5 3.8

Give someone the same job again after their term ends

is used more generally to bring someone back, involve them, or make new agreements
to reemploy
vsto reengage
1 3.9

Give someone their job back after they left or lost it

covers broader acts of bringing someone back, appointing, or making new contracts
to recontract
vsto reengage
  • Formal
6.8

To make a new agreement after a previous one ends

also covers hiring or appointing people again, not only making contracts

Antonyms

∞ 2.8

To officially make someone leave their job

70 3.3

To remove someone from their job

How Employed

to retain
236 3.4
to reappoint
  • Formal
5 3.8
to reengage
1 5.0
to hire
∞ 1.4
to call back
23 3.3

Surface Forms

reengage infinitive
reengaged past
reengaged past participle
reengaging present participle
reengages third person singular

Morphology

reengage = engage (transparent) = re + engage

The prefix 're-' clearly signals repetition or renewal when added to the hiring or involving sense of 'engage'.

Etymology

Reengage breaks into re- 'again' and engage 'to hire or involve'. So to reengage a worker or consultant is to bring them 'back' into a job or task.