classified

Plural: classifieds

Noun

• a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type
• A classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.

Verb

• arrange or order by classes or categories
• declare unavailable, as for security reasons
• assign to a class or kind
  • "How should algae be classified?"
• simple past and past participle of classify

Adjective

• arranged into classes
• official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation
  • "thousands of classified documents have now been declassified"

Adj

• Sorted into classes or categories.
• Formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in English) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal.
• Not meant to be disclosed by a person or organization.

Examples

• He ran a classified for the tools he wanted to sell.
• I won't say who I'm going to the prom with; that's classified.
• Make sure all the field observations are classified by species.
• We do not discuss specific interrogation techniques because they are classified information.

Synonyms

assort, class, classified ad, classified advertisement, classify, relegate, separate, sort, sort out

Antonyms

declassify, unclassified

Related Words

bigot list, classification, declassification, on a need-to-know basis, reclassification

Anagrams of classified