reassign

verb

re·​as·​sign (ˌ)rē-ə-ˈsīn 

reassigned; reassigning; reassigns

transitive verb

: to assign (something or someone) again especially in a new or different way

… the department might have to add to its patrols by reassigning detectives to the street.

—Tony Plohetski

reassignment

(ˌ)rē-ə-ˈsīn-mənt 

noun

plural reassignments

requested a dorm room reassignment

… district administrators will develop a survey and hold informational meetings with staff for their preferences before determining staff reassignments.

—Meghan Chua

Examples of reassign in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The company has also begun reassigning some of its disc factories to make other components for the game consoles. — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

The Navy construction combat engineer, or Seebee, originally texted their cells until they were reassigned to strangers. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026

Carrier air wings can be reassigned quickly if one carrier undergoes maintenance or if operational priorities change. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026

Alzubi was named principal of Western Hills High School in May, but days later the school district reassigned her after online backlash over her old social media posts. — Ciara McCarthy 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reassign

• affine
• airline
• align
• aline
• assign
• baseline
• beamline
• benign
• bloodline
• bovine
• brucine
• byline