reassignment
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3.9
- noun
- /ˌriːəˈsaɪnmənt/
:
reasignación
- Have the crew report immediately for reassignment.
- sex reassignment
- gender reassignment
- job reassignment
Examples
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Reduction of the workforce and reassignment of responsibility should occur at this phase.
Academic text (1996) -
It's a routine squadron reassignment.
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I seem to remember a similar reassignment for you, Charles.
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Or reassignment to work at home.
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You know that the only thing standing between me and reassignment is your approval.
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Under the authority vested in me by the President, I'm giving you temporary reassignment.
Fiction book (1996) -
He's to be placed on one-week leave without pay... after which time he'll report to the Washington office... for reassignment in the District.
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I have a meeting with OPR, day after tomorrow... for remediation and reassignment.
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Beth Israel's seemingly arbitrary employee reassignments and cancellations of Gouverneur neighborhood health programs brought these tensions to a pitch.
Academic text (2011) -
The company announced a reassignment of staff to improve efficiency in operations.
Synonyms
9
6.8
Moving staff and equipment to new jobs or places to use them better
4
4.6
A change in the way parts of a group or system are arranged
4
3.4
A change in the order or position of things
4
5.5
The act of giving something out again in a different way, like staff or money
3
9.1
Giving government seats to places after a population count to match the number of people
3
4.6
A change in the order of people or things in a group
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4.2
Moving something or someone to a new position
Moving an employee to a different job or location within a company
Antonyms
How Disruptive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reassignment breaks into the prefix re- ('again') and the verb assign ('to give a task or job'), just like the familiar word assignment. So, reassignment is when someone is 'given a job again', often by being moved to a different role or place.