REASSIGN

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does reassign mean? 

• REASSIGN (verb)
  The verb REASSIGN has 1 sense:

1. transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

  Familiarity information: REASSIGN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REASSIGN (verb)

Meaning:

Transfer somebody to a different position or location of work

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

reassign; transfer

Hypernyms (to "reassign" is one way to...):

assign; delegate; depute; designate (give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "reassign"):

second (transfer an employee to a different, temporary assignment)

exchange (hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP