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

In 2015, the team was so lousy the New York Times reassigned its Knicks beat writer, Scott Cacciola, to cover games anywhere but New York. —Sean Gregory, Time, 14 June 2026

Eventually, the individual was reassigned to another coach. —Kendra MacDonald, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026

Lizzo’s assistant is piling suitcases in the entryway of the musician’s home in Los Angeles when suddenly her boss reassigns her to a more pressing task. —Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026

City officials said the people in the positions that were slated to be eliminated would have been reassigned to other vacant roles within the district. —Frederick Sutton Sinclair, CBS News, 10 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