classified
Classified information or documents are secret and can only be seen by people with official permission.
Officially marked or treated as secret, especially by a government, so that only authorized people may see or use it.
If something was classified, it was put into a particular group or type.
Past tense and past participle of classify: to put someone or something into a group, type, or category according to shared qualities or official rules.
A classified list or directory is organized into categories.
Arranged in groups, classes, or headings, often to make items easier to find or compare.
- Base: classified
classified ad
1small ad in listings
A short ad in a list of ads (jobs, homes, things for sale).
- He found the apartment through a classified ad.
- She posted a classified ad to sell her bike.
- I found a job in a classified ad.
classified ad
1small categorized advertisement
A small ad listed in a category, for example for a job, apartment, or used car.
- She found her first apartment through a classified ad.
- The company placed a classified ad for a part-time assistant.
- He answered a classified ad for a used motorcycle.
- I saw a classified ad for a car.
- They posted a classified ad online.
classified documents
1officially secret documents
Secret official papers or files.
- Investigators searched the office for classified documents.
- The archive contained several classified documents from the 1980s.
- She did not have permission to remove classified documents from the building.
- They found a classified document.
- He cannot read classified documents.
classified information
1officially secret information
Secret official information that only certain people are allowed to know.
- The officer was accused of leaking classified information.
- The briefing included classified information about national security.
- Employees must follow strict rules when handling classified information.
- This is classified information.
- They cannot share classified information.
the classifieds
1classified-ad listings section
A section of ads for jobs, homes, cars, services, and similar things.
- I found the job in the classifieds.
- Before online marketplaces, many people sold used furniture through the classifieds.
- She checks the classifieds every weekend for cheap bikes.
- I looked in the classifieds.
- He found a job in the classifieds.