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Definition: Reassignment |
ReassignmentNoun1. Assignment to a different duty. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Synonyms by domain: internal reassignment (public administration), key reassignment (computing), keyboard reassignment, keyboard reprogramming, reassignment of existing staff (public administration), reassignment to the seat of the Commission (european union), reassignment transaction (public administration, finance). |
Crosswords: Reassignment |
| Specialty definitions using "reassignment": BRAND RECORDER ♦ edit operation ♦ key reassignment, keyboard reassignment. (references) |
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Screenplays | I wasn't allowed to discuss my reassignment. I encoded a message in a junk e-mail. (Alias; writing credit: Robert Soulé; Henri de Turenne) | |
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Human Rights | Niger | Judges sometimes feared reassignment or having their financial benefits reduced if they rendered a decision unfavorable to the Government. (references) |
Yemen | Some observers believe the dissolution of the SNCHR and the reassignment of its experienced staff will impede human rights progress and delay action while a new committee begins to function within government bureaucracy after a complicated transition. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Reassignment" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Reassignment" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 14 | 93,893 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "reassignment": key reassignment ♦ keyboard reassignment. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "reassignment"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 再分配行为. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Neuzuornung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vezénylés (attachment, command, roster), áthelyezés (displacement, lift, transfer, transference, transition, transposition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 人事異動 (personnel change, personnel shift, reshuffle, staff reassignment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | じ"じいどう (personnel change, personnel shift, reshuffle, staff reassignment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 위탁 (Charging). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eassignmentray ponovno raspoređivanje, ponovna dodela (reallocation). (various references) reasignación (reallocation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "reassignment": reassignments. (additional references) | |
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"Reassignment" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Renseigenment. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "reassignment" (pronounced rēusī"nmunt) |
| 8 | -u s ī" n m u n t | assignment. |
| 7 | -s ī" n m u n t | consignment. |
| 6 | -ī" n m u n t | alignment, confinement, realignment, refinement. |
| 5 | -n m u n t | abandonment, adjournment, adornment, apportionment, arraignment, atonement, attainment, containment, discernment, disillusionment, enlightenment, entertainment, environment, imprisonment, infotainment, internment, misgovernment, nongovernment, postponement, reapportionment. |
| 4 | -m u n t | abatement, accompaniment, accomplishment, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adjustment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, allotment, amazement, amendment, amusement, announcement, annulment, antigovernment, apartment, appeasement, appointment, argument, armament, arrangement, assessment, assortment, astonishment, attachment, banishment, basement, battlement, bemusement, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, bombardment, claimant, Clement, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, complement, comportment, concealment, condiment, contentment, copayment, curtailment, debarment, debasement, deferment, department, deployment, deportment, derailment, detachment, determent, detriment, development, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, displacement, divestment, dormant, easement, element, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrapment, entrenchment, equipment, escapement, escarpment, establishment, estrangement, excitement, excrement, experiment, extinguishment, figment, filament, formant, fragment, fulfillment, garment, garnishment, government, harassment, impairment, impeachment, impediment, implement, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, improvement, incitement, inclement, increment, indictment, inducement, informant, infringement, installment, instrument, integument, intersegment, investment, involvement, judgement, judgment, ligament, maltreatment, management, measurement, micromanagement, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monument, movement, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nourishment, ointment, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overpayment, overstatement, parchment, parliament, pavement, payment, pigment, placement, postretirement, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, presentment, procurement, pronouncement, punishment, puzzlement, readjustment, reappointment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, recruitment, redeployment, redevelopment, reemployment, reenactment, refreshment, refurbishment, regiment, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, repayment, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, restatement, retirement, retrenchment, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, segment, sentiment, settlement, shipment, statement, supplement, temperament, tenement, testament, tournament, treatment, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, vehement, wonderment. |
| 3 | -u n t | aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accountant, adherent, adjacent, adjutant, adolescent, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, ambient, ambivalent, ancient, antecedent, antidepressant, antioxidant, apparent, applicant, ardent, argent, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assistant, astringent, attendant, belligerent, beneficent, benevolent, blatant, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, clairvoyant, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, compliant, component, concomitant, concurrent, confident, confluent, consequent, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, contaminant, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, dependent, depressant, descendant, descendent, despondent, detergent, determinant, deterrent, deviant, different, diligent, discordant, disinfectant, disobedient, dispersant, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, docent, dominant, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, elephant, eloquent, emergent, emigrant, eminent, entrant, equivalent, errant, esculent, evanescent, evident, excellent, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, exponent, extant, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, gallant, giant, grandiloquent, grandparent, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impatient, impertinent, important, impotent, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, incumbent, indecent, independent, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, indulgent, inefficient, infant, infrequent, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, instant, insufficient, insurgent, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, merchant, migrant, militant, miscreant, monovalent, mordant, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nonresident, nonviolent, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, outpatient, overconfident, oxidant, pageant, parent, participant, patent, patient, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, piquant, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prescient, present, prevalent, proficient, prominent, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, pursuant, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, reagent, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recurrent, redundant, refrigerant, Regent, registrant, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repellent, repentant, repugnant, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, reverent, rodent, ruminant, salient, seafront, sealant, semipermanent, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, tenant, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-g-i-m-n-n-r-s-s-t" | |
-2 letters: argentines, assignment, gannisters, germinates, magnesites, magnetises, mannerists, smartening, steamering, stingarees, streamings, tangerines. | |
-3 letters: agentries, amnesties, angriness, anserines, antigenes, antimeres, antisense, argentine, arsenites, assenting, asserting, astringes, emigrants, emigrates, estranges, gamesters, ganisters, gannister, geminates, germinate, grantsmen, gratinees, greasiest, greatness, inertness, insensate, irateness, magisters, magnesite, magnetise, manginess, mannerist, masteries, mastering, meatiness, misagents, misenters, ranginess, regiments, renesting, reseating, resenting, resinates, reteaming, sensating, sergeants, smeariest, stearines, steersman, sterigmas, stingaree, streaming, tangerine, tanneries. | |
-4 letters: agenesis, aginners, anergies, angriest, anserine, antigene, antigens, antimere, arenites, arsenite, artiness, assenter, assignee, assigner, asterism, astringe, earnests, earnings, eastings, emeritas, emigrant, emigrate, emirates, enamines, engrains, ensnares, entering, entrains, estrange, etamines, etesians, gameness, gamester, gaminess, ganister, gantries, garments, gastrins, geminate, gentians, gentries, germiest, gesneria, giantess, gisarmes, granites, grannies, grantees, gratinee, greatens, greisens, grimness, ingrates, insanest, insnares, integers, intenser, interage, internes, magister, mangiest, mannites, mantises, margents, masseter, matinees, matiness, meanings, meanness, meetings, meninges, metering, migrants, migrates, minarets, minsters, mintages, misagent, miseaten, misenter, misrates, missteer, nearness, neatness, negaters, ragtimes, raiments, rangiest, reagents, reassign, reesting, regimens, regiment, reimages, reinsman, reinsmen, remanent, remating, remnants, renaming, rennases, resinate, restages, retsinas, sarments, sarsenet, seamiest, seamster, seatings, seemings, segments, seminars, sentries, sergeant, seriates, seriemas, seringas, smartens, smarties, smarting, smearing, sneering, stainers, stanines, steamers, steamier, steaming, stearine, stearins, steering, sterigma, stingers, tameness, teniases, tennises, trainees, trainmen, trigness, trimness, trisemes. | |
-5 letters: aegises, aeriest, ageisms, ageists, aginner, aigrets, anestri, anteing, antigen, antings, antsier, arenite, argents, armings, arsines, earings, earnest, earning, easiest, eastern, easters, easting, eatings, emerita, emetins, emigres, eminent, emirate, enamine, engines, engrain, engrams, enigmas, enrages, ensigns, ensnare, entases, entasis, entires, entrain, entries, erasing, ergates, ermines, estrins, etamine, etamins, etesian, gainers, gaiters, gametes, gamiest, gamines, gannets, garment, garnets, gassier, gasters, gastrin, gatemen, genesis, gentian, gerents, germane, germans, germens, germina, ginners, gisarme, granite, grannie, grantee, gratine, gratins, greases, greaten, greisen, imagers, imarets, inanest, ingates, ingesta, ingests, ingrate, ingress, inmates, insaner, inseams, inserts, insnare, instars, integer, intense, interne, interns, maestri, magnets, maneges, mangers, mangier, manners, mannite, margent, margins, marines, martens, marting, martins, massier, massing, masters, masting, matinee, matings, meaners, meanest, meanies, meaning, meatier, meeting, megasse, menages, mensing, merises, message, messier, messing, metages, metiers, metisse, metring, migrant, migrate, minaret, minster, mintage, minters, mirages, misease, miseats, misrate, misseat, missent, misters, nanisms, nastier, nasties, nearest, nearing, neatens, negater, negates, nemesis, nesters, nesting, ragtime, raiment, ranting, ratines, ratings, reagent, reagins, reaming, reemits, regains, regents, regimen, regimes, reginae, reginas, regnant, reimage, remains, remates, remiges, remints, remises, remnant, renames, renests, rennase, rennets, renting, reseats, resents, resigns, resites, restage, resting, retains, reteams, retimes, retinae, retinas, retines. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-g-i-m-n-n-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: reassignments. | |
+3 letters: disarrangements, fragmentariness. | |
+4 letters: governmentalisms, governmentalists. | |
+5 letters: fragmentarinesses, magnetoresistance. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 61 73 73 69 67 6E 6D 65 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . .- ... ... .. --. -. -- . -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01100111 01101110 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e a s s i g n m e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0061 0073 0073 0069 0067 006E 006D 0065 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527167858575738079718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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