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classified

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for classified.

Editorial note

There are dual-use systems which run classified and non-classified codes (they can be partitioned..

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Quick take

Sorted into classes or categories.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of classified gathered in one view.

adjective

Sorted into classes or categories.

adjective

Not meant to be disclosed by a person or organization.

noun

(informal) A classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for classified.

adjective

Formally assigned by a government 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.

Example sentences

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There are dual-use systems which run classified and non-classified codes (they can be partitioned..

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The curiosity is, that anything relating to this construction site is classified.

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Note that most classified codes are actually physics/material/explosion/plasma physics simulations and you can't always tell they are running on your system.

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Now both papers have seen a calamitous drop in advertising, both classified and display, and have shrunk from tabloid to magazine size.

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If this poor design was the requirement, then any objections that may have arisen would've probably been classified as suggestions instead of bugs.

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I can't work on any classified materials on it (but I don't deal with that much on the design side).

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Often in BigCorp type places bugs are classified as deviations from requirements.

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Do the workers get a say in how they're classified?

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You do know that we had to fight to remove encryption as being classified as a weapon and instead protected as free speech, right?

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And in fact, every piece of information delivered from a brain of one individual to the brain of another individual can be broadly classified as a marketing of sorts, e.g.

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Snowden's dangerous decision to steal and disclose classified information had severe consequences for the security of our country and the people who work day in and day out to protect it.

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But then since they are defined by extremity, anything less than the most extreme examples or with more competing influences than the purest examples has to be classified in a different way.

Quote examples

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"But in a series of classified meetings, officials have struggled to choose among options that range from......" Apparently the meetings weren't really all _that_ classified.

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Snowden's dangerous decision to steal and disclose classified information had severe consequences for the security of our country and the people who work day in and day out to protect it." > "We live in a dangerous world.

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"A few Western journalists in their flats and offices does not a secure facility for storing highly classified information make." They might have done better if the NSA had not been deliberately undermining our ability to secure ourselves.

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The one ad is now being used to confirm: "Asian-language newspapers are rife with classified ads listing manicurist jobs paying so little the daily wage can at first glance appear to be a typo." The existence of one ad shows that Bernstein wasn't thorough in his search.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use classified in a sentence?

There are dual-use systems which run classified and non-classified codes (they can be partitioned..

What does classified mean?

Sorted into classes or categories.

What part of speech is classified?

classified is commonly used as adjective, noun.