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REASSIGN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reassign mean? 

REASSIGN (verb)
  The verb REASSIGN has 1 sense:

1. transfer somebody to a different position or location of workplay

  Familiarity information: REASSIGN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REASSIGN (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they reassign  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it reassigns  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: reassigned  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: reassigned  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: reassigning  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

reassign; transfer

Hypernyms (to "reassign" is one way to...):

assign; delegate; depute; designate (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reassign"):

second (transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment)

exchange (hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP

Derivation:

reassignment (assignment to a different duty)


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