Meaning & use

Reassigning

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giving someone or something a new role, task, or position, different from the one previously held

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The manager is reassigning several employees to the new branch.

The software automatically reassigns tickets when a support agent goes offline.

A note on using this word

Widely used in workplace and IT contexts for moving people or resources to a different role, team, or task.

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