reassign

Word parts

re- + assign

Verb

Plain form reassign

Third-person singular reassigns

Past tense reassigned

Past participle reassigned

Present participle reassigning

1. If someone reassigns something, they change a persons job from one thing to another, usually through someone of higher power than them.

   Mrs. Bullium reassigned Caper from being a software developer to becoming a system administrator.

Related words

• reassignment
• assign