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Also Inflected form of classify

classified

clas·si·fied

US/ˈklæsəfaɪd/ fairly common informal

adjective

1.

arranged into classes

2.

official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation

  • “thousands of classified documents have now been declassified”

Origin

From classified advertisement, by shortening.

Phrases

  • bigot list
  • classified ad
  • classified advertisement
  • on a need-to-know basis

Related words

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