reassign
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editreassign (third-person singular simple present reassigns, present participle reassigning, simple past and past participle reassigned)
- (transitive) To assign again or anew.
- Coordinate terms: unassign; reallocate, redistribute
- The offending employees were reassigned after the incident.
- 2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 27:
- Two months later, it was reassigned to Toton, and was named RAIL Magazine at Cardiff Canton open day on April 10 2000.
- (transitive) To transfer back what was previously assigned.