CLASSIFIED


Meaning of CLASSIFIED in English

/klas"euh fuyd'/ , adj.

1. arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.

2. of or designating the part or parts of a publication that contain advertisements or lists arranged by category: Look under "plumbers" in the classified pages of the telephone book. He found a job for a "typist" in the classified section of the newspaper.

3. (of information, a document, etc.)

a. bearing the designation classified.

b. available only to authorized persons. Cf. classification (def. 5).

4. confidential or secret: The firm's promotional budget for next year is classified information.

5. identified as belonging to a specific group or category, as one to which benefits or restrictions apply: Classified buildings are eligible for state-funded restoration. The bank has a list of classified customers to whom it will not make large loans.

n.

6. See classified ad .

[ 1885-90; 1940-45 for def. 3; CLASSIFY + -ED 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .