Classified information or documents are officially secret.
He has a security clearance that allows him access to classified information.
The document was highly classified and circulated to a very limited group of people.
classified in British English
(ˈklæsɪˌfaɪd)
adjective
1.
arranged according to some system of classification
2. government
(of information) not available to people outside a restricted group, esp for reasons of national security
3.
(of information) closely concealed or secret
4.
(of advertisements in newspapers, etc) arranged according to type
5. British
(of newspapers) containing sports results, esp football results
6.
(of British roads) having a number in the national road system. If the number is preceded by an M the road is a motorway, if by an A it is a first-class road, and if by a B it is a secondary road
classified in American English
(ˈklæsəˌfaɪd)
adjective
1.
secret or confidential and available only to authorized persons
2. US
of or pertaining to classified advertising
the classified section of a newspaper
noun
3.
classified advertisement
4. [pl.]
a section of classified advertisements, as in a newspaper
Examples of 'classified' in a sentence
classified
America wants to charge him over the publication of classified documents.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is no longer necessary to spend hours searching through classified ads.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
He said that he would stay true to the ideals of opening up the world of classified documents.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It certainly had for the men of very different social positions who took out the following classified ads.
Shubert, Adrian A Social History of Modern Spain (1991)
These include computers, discs and classified documents lost by officials.
The Sun (2014)
Going through his belongings, she found a grocery bag stuffed with classified documents.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
While leaking classified information is punishable by law, publishing it is not.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A nod to the fact that he took classified documents and put them online.
The Sun (2015)
The move came a few days after the website published thousands of classified military documents about the war in Afghanistan.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
That remains classified information, apparently.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Both websites host free classified ads and are a beehive for those searching for a rental property or looking to fill an empty room in their house.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
You'd have thought the Government would have taken care handling classified information from our closest ally.
The Sun (2008)
So changes were made to protect classified information,' he said.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But there was no transfer of any classified information ', he added.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Their engagement was announced in the classified ads of The Times.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Like all sorts of classified ads, lonely hearts columns are simply another service that modern Britons need.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The strain between coalition forces and their Afghan allies was highlighted by a classified document leaked to the American press yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He set up and ran the system for handling all classified information, including all secret documentsshared between Nato countries.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
In other languages
classified
British English: classified ADJECTIVE
Classified information or documents are officially secret.
He has a security clearance that allows him access to classified information.
American English: classified
Brazilian Portuguese: secreto
Chinese: 机密的
European Spanish: confidencial
French: classé secretN
German: geheim
Italian: riservato
Japanese: 機密扱いの
Korean: 기밀의
European Portuguese: secreto
Latin American Spanish: confidencial
All related terms of 'classified'
classifies
to arrange or order by classes ; categorize
classify
To classify things means to divide them into groups or types so that things with similar characteristics are in the same group.
classified ad
Classified ads or classified advertisements are small advertisements in a newspaper or magazine . They are usually from a person or small company .
classified section
the part of a publication that contains classified advertising
classified advertising
advertising compactly arranged , as in newspaper columns , according to subject, under such listings as help wanted and lost and found
classified information
Information about someone or something consists of facts about them.