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

Under the proposal, the academy could cease operations for roughly seven months after the January 2028 class, which would let the department temporarily reassign more than 300 officers from its training division. — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 8 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

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