classified
/ˈklæsɪfaɪd/
adjective
- Officially secret and available only to certain people, especially for reasons of national security.
- Only employees with special clearance can access classified information.
- The government keeps the details of the mission classified for safety reasons.
- The spy was caught trying to sell classified documents to a foreign government.
- Arranged into groups or categories.
- The library has a classified catalog where books are listed by subject.
- In a classified directory, businesses are listed under different headings like 'Plumbers' or 'Bakers'.
- The report contained classified data sorted by region and population.
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- Past tense of classify: put into groups or categories.
- The committee classified the proposal as high priority.
- She classified her photos by date and location.
- The biologist classified the new species as a type of frog.