[klas-uh-fahyd] 
| 1. | arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory. |
| 2. | 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. |
| 3. | (of information, a document, etc.)
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| 4. | confidential or secret: The firm's promotional budget for next year is classified information. |
| 5. | 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. |
| 6. | classified ad. |
[klas-uh-fahy] | 1. | to arrange or organize by classes; order according to class. |
| 2. | to assign a classification to (information, a document, etc.). Compare classification (def. 5). |
| 3. | to limit the availability of (information, a document, etc.) to authorized persons. |
| an advertisement in a newspaper, magazine, or the like generally dealing with offers of or requests for jobs, houses, apartments, used cars, and the like. |
| clas·si·fied (klās'ə-fīd') adj.
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| clas·si·fy (klās'ə-fī') tr.v. clas·si·fied, clas·si·fy·ing, clas·si·fies
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