classified
[klas-uh-fahyd]
- arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- of or designating the part or parts of a publication that contain advertisements or lists arranged by category: Look under “plumbers” in the classified pages of the telephone book. He found a job for a “typist” in the classified section of the newspaper.
- (of information, a document, etc.)
- bearing the designation classified.
- available only to authorized persons.Compare classification(def 5).
- confidential or secret: The firm's promotional budget for next year is classified information.
- identified as belonging to a specific group or category, as one to which benefits or restrictions apply: Classified buildings are eligible for state-funded restoration. The bank has a list of classified customers to whom it will not make large loans.
Origin of classified
classify
[klas-uh-fahy]
- to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class.
- to assign a classification to (information, a document, etc.).Compare classification(def 5).
- to limit the availability of (information, a document, etc.) to authorized persons.
Origin of classify
Synonyms
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com1. class, rank, rate, categorize, group.
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Examples from the Web for classified
Contemporary Examples
Schiff told The Daily Beast that he was given a classified briefing about the Sony attack from the intelligence community Friday.
This material has been reviewed by the CIA to prevent the disclosure of classified information.
“Those are areas that we should probably get into in a classified hearing,” the defense secretary said.
One in five Pennsylvania inmates are classified as mentally ill.
But one day, scanning the classified ads in The Minneapolis Tribune, she saw a job opportunity that appealed to her.
Historical Examples
These books are classified and so arranged as to be of immediate use.
The Grand Old ManRichard B. Cook
The little Bechers were not classified, but their connection was apparent.
A Breath of Prairie and other storiesWill Lillibridge
She had irritated him then, for he had not yet classified her.
Audrey CravenMay Sinclair
To the college student life is not classified and systematized to a nicety.
College TeachingPaul Klapper
Here they are classified, and thus made to give us a right idea of their use.
SandwichesSarah Tyson Heston Rorer
classified
- arranged according to some system of classification
- government (of information) not available to people outside a restricted group, esp for reasons of national security
- (of information) closely concealed or secret
- (of advertisements in newspapers, etc) arranged according to type
- British (of newspapers) containing sports results, esp football results
- (of British roads) having a number in the national road system. If the number is preceded by an M the road is a motorway, if by an A it is a first-class road, and if by a B it is a secondary road
classify
- to arrange or order by classes; categorize
- government to declare (information, documents, etc) of possible aid to an enemy and therefore not available to people outside a restricted group
Word Origin
C18: back formation from classification
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Word Origin and History for classified
adj.
"arranged in classes," 1828, past participle adjective from classify. Meaning "secret" (of government information) is from 1941, American English. Classifieds (n.) "newspaper advertisements arranged by classes," 1913, is short for classified advertisements
classify
v.
1782, from French classifier, from classe (see class (n.)) + -fier (see -fy). Related: Classified; classifying.
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