"reassign" meaning in English

See reassign in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: reassign [canonical], reassigns [third-person, singular], reassigned [past], reassigned [past, participle], reassigning [present, participle]
Etymology: re- + assign Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|re|assign}} re- + assign Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If someone reassigns something, they change a persons job from one thing to another, usually through someone of higher power than them.
    Sense id: simple-reassign-en-verb-iE6Vwh3c
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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