Definition of Classified

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

Exact synonyms: Classified Ad, Classified Advertisement
Generic synonyms: Newspaper Ad, Newspaper Advertisement
Specialized synonyms: Want Ad

2. Adjective. Arranged into classes.

3. Adjective. Official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation. "Thousands of classified documents have now been declassified"

Definition of Classified

1. Verb. (past of classify) ¹

2. Adjective. National security information formally assigned by governments 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. ¹

3. Adjective. Any information a person or organization does not wish to disclose. ¹

4. Noun. (informal) A classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Classified

1. classify [v] - See also: classify

Literary usage of Classified

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, 1789-1897 by United States President (1897)
"Transfers may be made as follows: (a) From one classified post-office to another, from any classified post-office to the classified railway mail service, ..."

2. Life Insurance: A Textbook by Solomon Stephen Huebner (1915)
"Ignoring the numerous minor differences that exist, life-insurance contracts may be classified briefly under the following six leading groups. ..."

3. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Paralyses classified According to the Tonus of the Paralyzed Muscles (Flaccid and Spastic Paralyses) When the tonicity of the muscles paralyzed is less than ..."

4. The Journal of Geography by National Council of Geography Teachers (U.S.) (1918)
"classified LISTS OF REFERENCE AND SUPPLE- MENTARY MATERIAL One of the most extensive lists of geographical books and articles for grade teachers is found in ..."

5. American Men of Letters: Their Nature and Nurture by Edwin Leavitt Clarke (1916)
"American Literati classified by Sex and by Rank, by Period of Birth 42 IV. American Literati classified by Field of Chief Activity and Period of Birth 43 V. ..."

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