What does classified mean?

Definitions for classified
ˈklæs əˌfaɪdclas·si·fied

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. classified ad, classified advertisement, classifiedadjective

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

  2. classifiedadjective

    arranged into classes

  3. classifiedadjective

    official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation

    "thousands of classified documents have now been declassified"

GCIDE

  1. classifiedadjective

    arranged into classes or categories; as, unclassified.

Wiktionary

  1. classifiednoun

    A classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.

    He ran a classified for the tools he wanted to sell.

  2. classifiedadjective

    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.

    We do not discuss specific interrogation techniques because they are classified information.

  3. classifiedadjective

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

    I won't say who I'm going to the prom with; that's classified.

ChatGPT

  1. classified

    Classified generally refers to something that has been categorized or organized into a certain group or system based on shared characteristics, attributes or qualities. It can also refer to information or data that has been marked as private, confidential, or secret, limiting the access or distribution to specific individuals, particularly in a governmental, military or organizational context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Classified

    of Classify

Wikidata

  1. Classified

    Luke Boyd, professionally known as Classified, is a Canadian rapper and producer from Enfield, Nova Scotia.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of classified in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of classified in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of classified in a Sentence

  1. James Comeys:

    I don't know exactly how many there are, some may be memos, some may be e-mails. ... And I think some of them -- I know when I created some of them, they were classified, but I don't know how many of that group.

  2. James Comey:

    Although there is evidence of potential violation of the statutes regarding the handling of classified information, our judgment is that no reasonable prosecutor would bring such a case, prosecutors necessarily weigh a number of factors before bringing the charges. There are obvious considerations, like the strength of the evidence, especially regarding intent.

  3. Dan Brewer:

    I probably took 2,000 pictures when I was there, medical waste, syringes, ammunition, weapons, classified information, there are the things that were in there. I found one burn pit [where] they were burning asbestos. That’s pretty bad, but the problem was, nobody had the training to know what to do.

  4. Mac Thornberry:

    I believe that it would be appropriate for him to ask for the DOD Inspector General's assessment that no classified material was transmitted over unsecured channels, it would be prudent for this assessment to extend to Secretary Carter time as Deputy Secretary of Defense as well. Congress should be briefed on the results. Secretary Carter, speaking with reporters during a visit to Iraq, acknowledged Secretary Carter was warned by a lot of people and called the practice a mistake.

  5. India Governor Raghuram Rajan:

    We can now be a little more careful about recognition... Next step is to make sure that what should be classified as A is classified as A and not B, we are ... looking at how some of these existing facilities are being used, to make sure ... we are not kicking the can down the road.

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