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

Council members also questioned why residents are being charged additional fees for some online and phone payments and why customer accounts were reassigned new numbers. —Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 19 June 2026

Later that day, two other FWISD officials informed Alzubi that she’d been temporarily reassigned to the Department of Performance Management and School Choice. —Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 June 2026

Unbeknownst to her, the number has been reassigned to Wes (Nick Robinson), a real estate agent living in Austin, Texas. —Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

However, the spokesperson added that most Northrop employees affected by any changes to HALO could be reassigned to other positions. —Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 18 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