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
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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
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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
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The gods can easily "reassign" them, placing them into the economy which they played a part in destroying, ironically.
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The gods can easily "reassign" them, placing them into the economy which they played a part in destroying, ironically.
Letter Two Newmania 2008
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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
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The gods can easily "reassign" them, placing them into the economy which they played a part in destroying, ironically.
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The gods can easily "reassign" them, placing them into the economy which they played a part in destroying, ironically.
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The gods can easily "reassign" them, placing them into the economy which they played a part in destroying, ironically.
just another day 2008
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The gods can easily "reassign" them, placing them into the economy which they played a part in destroying, ironically.
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The gods can easily "reassign" them, placing them into the economy which they played a part in destroying, ironically.
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