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reassign

reassign verb: to assign again or anew.

Verb

reassign (third-person singular simple present reassigns, present participle reassigning, simple past and past participle reassigned)

  1. (transitive) To assign again or anew.
    • The offending employees were reassigned after the incident.
    • Two months later, it was reassigned to Toton, and was named RAIL Magazine at Cardiff Canton open day on April 10 2000.2024 January 10, Chris Gilson, “RAIL's famous five...”, in RAIL, number 1000, page 27
  2. (transitive) To transfer back what was previously assigned.

Forms of reassign

third-person singular presentreassigns
present participlereassigning
past participlereassigned
pastreassigned
alternative formre-assign

Past tense of reassign: reassigned

Origin of reassign

From re- + assign.

Words formed from reassign

Questions about reassign

What does reassign mean?
Reassign means to assign again or anew.
What part of speech is reassign?
Reassign is a verb.
What is the past tense of reassign?
The past tense of reassign is reassigned.

Words near reassign in the dictionary

  1. reasseverated
  2. reasseverates
  3. reasseverating
  4. reasseveration
  5. reasseverations
  6. reassign
  7. reassignable
  8. reassigned
  9. reassignee
  10. reassignees
  11. reassigning

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