classified
classified Lexical Profile
classified Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Designated as officially secret and accessible only to authorized people, especially for reasons of national security.
"The researcher required a special security clearance to view the classified documents in the archive."
Arranged or distributed into specific classes, categories, or systematic groups according to shared characteristics.
"The museum's extensive collection of mineral specimens is neatly stored in classified cabinets."
• noun
A small advertisement placed in a newspaper, magazine, or online directory, typically grouped by category and commonly used in the plural.
"She found her first apartment and a secondhand bicycle by browsing the local classifieds."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed as the past participle of the verb 'classify', which derives from the French 'classifier', from Latin 'classis' (a division or group of citizens) combined with '-ficare' (to make).