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to reengage

to reengage

1 5.0
Bring someone back to work for you after they left
  • verb
  • /ˌriːɪnˈɡeɪdʒ/
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  • 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.