classifiedadj.¹n.

Brit.

/ˈklasᵻfʌɪd/, U.S.

/ˈklæsəˌfaɪd/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: classify v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < classify v. + -ed suffix¹, originally after French classifié (1781 in the passage translated in quot. 1789), itself after German †klassificirt (1775 in the passage translated in quot. 1789; now klassifiziert ). Compare earlier classed adj.

A. adj.¹

a. Arranged or organized in classes or categories.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [adjective] > arranged by kind

classified1789

1789 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy I. 104 These classified [Fr. classifiés, Ger. klassificirten] and abstract ideas, materially injure the Sciences.

1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 427 If ever we should possess a classified nosology, my nose must be ranked in the order..which shall comprise the pitch-delighting olfactories.

1890 W. Booth In Darkest Eng. ii. vi. 227 Although each particular Blue Book may be admirably indexed, there is no classified index of the whole series.

1908 E. Vizetelly & A. Vizetelly Wines of France iii. 93 Below the classified growths, throughout the Bordelais, come..those which are known locally as (1) ‘bourgeois’, (2) ‘artisan’, and (3) ‘peasant’ wines.

1964 Listener 30 Apr. 726/3 Very socially ambitious men switch from the theatre reviews to the classified results because soccer is in vogue.

1996 Lang. in Society 25 162 The authors provide..classified lists of names for plants and animals (with Latin binomials), numerals, kin, body parts, and places.

b. Originally U.S. Designating small advertisements in a newspaper, magazine, etc., grouped together according to subject; designating an advertisement of this kind.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > advertising in the press > [adjective] > type of advertisement

personal1859

classified1867

1867 Piqua (Ohio) Democrat 19 June Classified advertisements, 50c. per line.

1882 Times 2 Nov. 12/4 (advt.) The classified announcements of landed properties, mansions, farms, houses, offices, warehouses, &c., given weekly.

1909 ‘O. Henry’ Options 6 I know every end of the business from editing to setting up the classified ads.

1937 Discovery Jan. p. ii/1 Classified announcements are accepted at 1d. per word.

1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media xxi. 207 The classified ads (and stock-market quotations) are the bedrock of the press.

1998 BBC Top Gear Mag. Sept. 173/3 Classified ads are your best bet when buying, but be prepared to pay book for the right car.

a. Assigned to a particular class or category.

ΚΠ

1850 Jrnl. Psychol. Med. & Mental Pathol. 3 117 We see little botanists turn from the examination of a classified flower, to picking flies to pieces.

1882 J. D. Hoppus Riverside Papers II. 197 His form was..more like to some discarded amphora..than to any classified animal now extant.

1931 Art Bull. 13 255 As a classified monument historique, the cloister and church have received a more intelligent protection.

1974 Times 14 Mar. 8/8 There is also a national inventory of classified objects which can leave the country only on temporary loan.

2008 N.Y. Times Mag. 17 Aug. 42/2 ‘We want a classification that is serious,’ says Hubert de Bouard, proprietor of a classified and critically acclaimed vineyard.

b. Originally and chiefly British. Of a road: assigned to a category according to its importance within the overall system of road numbering. Cf. A n. 2f, B n. 4b(b), and unclassified adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > categorized in importance

classified1920

1919 Act 9 & 10 Geo. V c. 50 §17 (2) For the purpose of advances for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of roads, the Minister may..classify roads in such a manner as he thinks fit.]

1920 Times 19 Mar. 16/6 The arterial or classified roads of the country will be brought to such a standard that they will be capable of withstanding any traffic.

1932 Pratt & Mackenzie's Law of Highways (ed. 18) 469 ‘Classified Roads’ are defined by S 134 of the Local Government Act, 1929.

1985 Changing Countryside iii. 80 The Government accepted that the design and efficiency of the classified road network was a national responsibility.

2008 Doncaster Free Press (Nexis) 20 Mar. Mr Garrett told councillors that the authority now planned to carry out 14 repairs to classified roads and five to residential streets within 12 months.

3. Originally U.S. Designated as officially secret; accessible or known only to authorized people. Also in weakened use: not meant to be seen or known by others; private, confidential.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keeping from publication > [adjective] > not printed or published

unprinted1532

unpublished1587

unlisted1645

unengrossed1681

unpromulged1718

unpromulgated1774

sensitive1825

ungazetted1825

suppressed1863

unscheduled1889

restricted1937

classified1940

1940 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 2 Jan. 10/1 The radical little fighter..still is a highly classified secret in the Air Force.

1949 N.Y. Herald Trib. 24 Oct. The B-47 will combine characteristics which are still classified, with range equivalent to the B-29 range.

1957 ‘N. Shute’ On Beach iii. 99 ‘But that's classified information.’ ‘What does that mean?’ ‘Secret.’

1966 Electronics 3 Oct. 134 Little can be said about the electronic equipment because MOL is classified.

1990 G. G. Liddy Monkey Handlers ii. 28 ‘So how powerful is it now?’ asked Sara. ‘That's classified... The safety Nazi's would have a fit if they knew.’

2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) ii. 41 This is someone who has been security-vetted and is deemed trustworthy with classified information.

B. n.

Originally U.S. Also with capital initial. A small advertisement placed in a classified section of advertisements in a newspaper or magazine. Chiefly in plural (usually with the).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > advertising in the press > [noun] > types of press advertisement

lost1762

lost(s) and founds1777

small advertisement1811

blind advertisement1842

want advertisementa1871

reading notice1872

small ad1875

want ad1892

classified1909

smalls1919

tombstone1948

tele ad1967

matrimonials1989

1909 Modesto (Calif.) Morning Herald 27 Jan. This is but one of the many instances called to our attention, showing the popularity and effectiveness of the Herald classifieds.

1940 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 2 Jan. 9 (heading) Let the classifieds work for you!

1961 John o' London's 6 July 29/1 They proclaim their I.Q.s in the crosswords and bare their souls in the classifieds.

1987 M. Dorris Yellow Raft in Blue Water (1988) ii. 18 I thought she was checking out the Classifieds,..hoping to improve her prospects, but she had browsed too long in the Arts and Leisure.

2002 Hotdog June 42/2 A twentysomething single, drowning in an ocean of male crapness, Jessica stumbles upon a ‘woman seeking woman’ ad in the classifieds.

Compounds

classified employee n. U.S. a member of the classified service.

ΚΠ

1892 Forum July 658 He has directed the heads of departments to keep an ‘efficiency record’ of all their classified employees.

1957 Jrnl. Politics 19 261 Population, government activity, and the proportion of classified employees also determine the variations in the number of civil servants.

2009 Sacramento (Calif.) Bee 26 Aug. b1 The district board voted in June to lay off 59 classified employees, including its entire library staff.

classified service n. U.S. that part of the federal or a state civil service which is appointed purely on merit or competitive examination, as opposed to those who are elected or chosen through political patronage.

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1883 N.Y. Times 4 May 1/4 Those classified in the departments at Washington shall be designated ‘The classified service at Washington’.

1889 T. Roosevelt Wks. (1926) XIV. 92 I expect from the President an extension of the classified service.

1949 W. E. Binkley & M. C. Moos Gram. Amer. Politics xvi. 327 Coming to the presidency after a dozen years of Republic rule, Franklin Roosevelt found practically every office outside the classified service occupied by a Republican.

1990 A. J. Bott Handbk. U.S. Election Laws & Pract. x. 479 State officers and employees in the classified service may not be discriminated against, promoted, demoted or dismissed on the basis of their political opinions or affiliations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	classified
释义	classifiedadj.¹n. Brit. /ˈklasᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈklæsəˌfaɪd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; originally modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: classify v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < classify v. + -ed suffix¹, originally after French classifié (1781 in the passage translated in quot. 1789), itself after German †klassificirt (1775 in the passage translated in quot. 1789; now klassifiziert ). Compare earlier classed adj. A. adj.¹ 1. a. Arranged or organized in classes or categories. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [adjective] > arranged by kind classified1789 1789 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy I. 104 These classified [Fr. classifiés, Ger. klassificirten] and abstract ideas, materially injure the Sciences. 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 11 427 If ever we should possess a classified nosology, my nose must be ranked in the order..which shall comprise the pitch-delighting olfactories. 1890 W. Booth In Darkest Eng. ii. vi. 227 Although each particular Blue Book may be admirably indexed, there is no classified index of the whole series. 1908 E. Vizetelly & A. Vizetelly Wines of France iii. 93 Below the classified growths, throughout the Bordelais, come..those which are known locally as (1) ‘bourgeois’, (2) ‘artisan’, and (3) ‘peasant’ wines. 1964 Listener 30 Apr. 726/3 Very socially ambitious men switch from the theatre reviews to the classified results because soccer is in vogue. 1996 Lang. in Society 25 162 The authors provide..classified lists of names for plants and animals (with Latin binomials), numerals, kin, body parts, and places. b. Originally U.S. Designating small advertisements in a newspaper, magazine, etc., grouped together according to subject; designating an advertisement of this kind. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > advertising in the press > [adjective] > type of advertisement personal1859 classified1867 1867 Piqua (Ohio) Democrat 19 June Classified advertisements, 50c. per line. 1882 Times 2 Nov. 12/4 (advt.) The classified announcements of landed properties, mansions, farms, houses, offices, warehouses, &c., given weekly. 1909 ‘O. Henry’ Options 6 I know every end of the business from editing to setting up the classified ads. 1937 Discovery Jan. p. ii/1 Classified announcements are accepted at 1d. per word. 1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media xxi. 207 The classified ads (and stock-market quotations) are the bedrock of the press. 1998 BBC Top Gear Mag. Sept. 173/3 Classified ads are your best bet when buying, but be prepared to pay book for the right car. 2. a. Assigned to a particular class or category. ΚΠ 1850 Jrnl. Psychol. Med. & Mental Pathol. 3 117 We see little botanists turn from the examination of a classified flower, to picking flies to pieces. 1882 J. D. Hoppus Riverside Papers II. 197 His form was..more like to some discarded amphora..than to any classified animal now extant. 1931 Art Bull. 13 255 As a classified monument historique, the cloister and church have received a more intelligent protection. 1974 Times 14 Mar. 8/8 There is also a national inventory of classified objects which can leave the country only on temporary loan. 2008 N.Y. Times Mag. 17 Aug. 42/2 ‘We want a classification that is serious,’ says Hubert de Bouard, proprietor of a classified and critically acclaimed vineyard. b. Originally and chiefly British. Of a road: assigned to a category according to its importance within the overall system of road numbering. Cf. A n. 2f, B n. 4b(b), and unclassified adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > categorized in importance classified1920 1919 Act 9 & 10 Geo. V c. 50 §17 (2) For the purpose of advances for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of roads, the Minister may..classify roads in such a manner as he thinks fit.] 1920 Times 19 Mar. 16/6 The arterial or classified roads of the country will be brought to such a standard that they will be capable of withstanding any traffic. 1932 Pratt & Mackenzie's Law of Highways (ed. 18) 469 ‘Classified Roads’ are defined by S 134 of the Local Government Act, 1929. 1985 Changing Countryside iii. 80 The Government accepted that the design and efficiency of the classified road network was a national responsibility. 2008 Doncaster Free Press (Nexis) 20 Mar. Mr Garrett told councillors that the authority now planned to carry out 14 repairs to classified roads and five to residential streets within 12 months. 3. Originally U.S. Designated as officially secret; accessible or known only to authorized people. Also in weakened use: not meant to be seen or known by others; private, confidential. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keeping from publication > [adjective] > not printed or published unprinted1532 unpublished1587 unlisted1645 unengrossed1681 unpromulged1718 unpromulgated1774 sensitive1825 ungazetted1825 suppressed1863 unscheduled1889 restricted1937 classified1940 1940 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 2 Jan. 10/1 The radical little fighter..still is a highly classified secret in the Air Force. 1949 N.Y. Herald Trib. 24 Oct. The B-47 will combine characteristics which are still classified, with range equivalent to the B-29 range. 1957 ‘N. Shute’ On Beach iii. 99 ‘But that's classified information.’ ‘What does that mean?’ ‘Secret.’ 1966 Electronics 3 Oct. 134 Little can be said about the electronic equipment because MOL is classified. 1990 G. G. Liddy Monkey Handlers ii. 28 ‘So how powerful is it now?’ asked Sara. ‘That's classified... The safety Nazi's would have a fit if they knew.’ 2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) ii. 41 This is someone who has been security-vetted and is deemed trustworthy with classified information. B. n. Originally U.S. Also with capital initial. A small advertisement placed in a classified section of advertisements in a newspaper or magazine. Chiefly in plural (usually with the). ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > advertising in the press > [noun] > types of press advertisement lost1762 lost(s) and founds1777 small advertisement1811 blind advertisement1842 want advertisementa1871 reading notice1872 small ad1875 want ad1892 classified1909 smalls1919 tombstone1948 tele ad1967 matrimonials1989 1909 Modesto (Calif.) Morning Herald 27 Jan. This is but one of the many instances called to our attention, showing the popularity and effectiveness of the Herald classifieds. 1940 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 2 Jan. 9 (heading) Let the classifieds work for you! 1961 John o' London's 6 July 29/1 They proclaim their I.Q.s in the crosswords and bare their souls in the classifieds. 1987 M. Dorris Yellow Raft in Blue Water (1988) ii. 18 I thought she was checking out the Classifieds,..hoping to improve her prospects, but she had browsed too long in the Arts and Leisure. 2002 Hotdog June 42/2 A twentysomething single, drowning in an ocean of male crapness, Jessica stumbles upon a ‘woman seeking woman’ ad in the classifieds. Compounds classified employee n. U.S. a member of the classified service. ΚΠ 1892 Forum July 658 He has directed the heads of departments to keep an ‘efficiency record’ of all their classified employees. 1957 Jrnl. Politics 19 261 Population, government activity, and the proportion of classified employees also determine the variations in the number of civil servants. 2009 Sacramento (Calif.) Bee 26 Aug. b1 The district board voted in June to lay off 59 classified employees, including its entire library staff. classified service n. U.S. that part of the federal or a state civil service which is appointed purely on merit or competitive examination, as opposed to those who are elected or chosen through political patronage. ΚΠ 1883 N.Y. Times 4 May 1/4 Those classified in the departments at Washington shall be designated ‘The classified service at Washington’. 1889 T. Roosevelt Wks. (1926) XIV. 92 I expect from the President an extension of the classified service. 1949 W. E. Binkley & M. C. Moos Gram. Amer. Politics xvi. 327 Coming to the presidency after a dozen years of Republic rule, Franklin Roosevelt found practically every office outside the classified service occupied by a Republican. 1990 A. J. Bott Handbk. U.S. Election Laws & Pract. x. 479 State officers and employees in the classified service may not be discriminated against, promoted, demoted or dismissed on the basis of their political opinions or affiliations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : class-ifiedadj.² < adj.¹n.1789 see also
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