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

That blow came a little less than a year after the New York Times shook up its culture desk and reassigned its classical music critic, Zachary Woolfe, to serve as the obituaries editor. — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Rivera Espinosa was immediately reassigned to non-public-facing duties pending the outcome. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2026

Their best managers and top architects—the very people who actually built your operation—are quietly being reassigned to pitch and build the next big client account. — Thanh Pham, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Alongside these, accountability needs to be reassigned across the business, with responsibility embedded in core functions such as finance, operations, procurement, and technology so that sustainability is tied to execution. — Johannes Teyssen, Fortune, 23 Sep. 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