Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To assign to a new position, duty, or location.
  • transitive verb To place in a different category or class.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To assign again; transfer back or to another what has been assigned.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To assign back or again; to transfer back what has been assigned.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb assign again

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

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Examples

  • He had to practically be begged to fire - sorry, to "reassign" - offensive coordinator John Hufnagel near the end of 2006 in an obvious act of self-preservation.

    NY Daily News 2009

  • The gods can easily "reassign" them, placing them into the economy which they played a part in destroying, ironically.

    Saturday morning rant (story v language) lili 2008

  • The gods can easily "reassign" them, placing them into the economy which they played a part in destroying, ironically.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • The gods can easily "reassign" them, placing them into the economy which they played a part in destroying, ironically.

    Letter Two Newmania 2008

  • The gods can easily "reassign" them, placing them into the economy which they played a part in destroying, ironically.

    Only The English are British Newmania 2008

  • The gods can easily "reassign" them, placing them into the economy which they played a part in destroying, ironically.

    Your Right Hand Thief 2008

  • The gods can easily "reassign" them, placing them into the economy which they played a part in destroying, ironically.

    Why Does It Have to Require So Much Thought? 2008

  • The gods can easily "reassign" them, placing them into the economy which they played a part in destroying, ironically.

    just another day 2008

  • The gods can easily "reassign" them, placing them into the economy which they played a part in destroying, ironically.

    With love from the Calcutta Cookbook 2008

  • The gods can easily "reassign" them, placing them into the economy which they played a part in destroying, ironically.

    Why Does It Have to Require So Much Thought? 2008

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