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clas⋅si⋅fied

[klas-uh-fahyd]
–adjective
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.)
a. bearing the designation classified.
b. available only to authorized persons. Compare classification (def. 5).
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.
–noun
6. classified ad.

Origin:
1885–90; 1940–45 for def. 3; classify + -ed 2

clas⋅si⋅fy

[klas-uh-fahy]
–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
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.

Origin:
1790–1800; < L classi(s) class + -fy


clas⋅si⋅fi⋅a⋅ble, adjective


1. class, rank, rate, categorize, group.

classified ad

–noun
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.
Also called classified, classified advertisement, want ad.


Origin:
1905–10
clas·si·fied   (klās'ə-fīd')   
adj.  
  1. Arranged in classes or categories.
  2. Available to authorized persons only, as for reasons of national security: a classified document.
clas·si·fy   (klās'ə-fī')   
tr.v.   clas·si·fied, clas·si·fy·ing, clas·si·fies
  1. To arrange or organize according to class or category.
  2. To designate (a document, for example) as confidential, secret, or top secret.
clas'si·fi'a·ble adj.
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