CLASSIFIED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does classified mean? 

• CLASSIFIED (noun)
  The noun CLASSIFIED has 1 sense:

1. a short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type

  Familiarity information: CLASSIFIED used as a noun is very rare.

• CLASSIFIED (adjective)
  The adjective CLASSIFIED has 2 senses:

1. arranged into classes

2. official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation

  Familiarity information: CLASSIFIED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASSIFIED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

classified; classified ad; classified advertisement

Hypernyms ("classified" is a kind of...):

newspaper ad; newspaper advertisement (a printed advertisement that is published in a newspaper)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "classified"):

want ad (a newspaper advertisement stating what is wanted)

• CLASSIFIED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arranged into classes

Similar:

categorised; categorized (arranged into categories)

grouped; sorted (arranged into groups)

Antonym:

unclassified (not arranged in any specific grouping)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation

Context example:

thousands of classified documents have now been declassified

Similar:

eyes-only (official classification for documents; meant to be seen by only the person to whom it is directed)

confidential (the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified)

restricted (the lowest level of official classification for documents)

secret (the next to highest level of official classification for documents)

sensitive (of or pertaining to classified information or matters affecting national security)

top-secret (the highest official level of classification of documents)

Antonym:

unclassified (not subject to a security classification)

 Context examples 

It is classified as low or high grade.

(Cervical Glandular Intraepithelial Neoplasia, NCI Thesaurus)

Even if the immature component is only a minor element of an otherwise differentiated teratoma, the tumor is still classified as immature.

(Central Nervous System Immature Teratoma, NCI Thesaurus/Adapted from WHO)

Cardiomyopathies may be classified as either primary or secondary, on the basis of etiology, or on the pathophysiology of the lesion: hypertrophic, dilated, or restrictive.

(Cardiomyopathy, NCI Thesaurus)

Although viruses are not considered living organisms, they are sometimes classified as microorganisms.

(Microorganism, NCI Dictionary)

Patients in whom some, but not all, the criteria for partial response are fulfilled are classified as minimal response (MR), provided the remaining criteria satisfy the requirements for minimal response.

(Minimal Response of Multiple Myeloma, NCI Thesaurus)

Based on its morphologic features, it is classified as benign or malignant.

(Myoepithelial Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)

The vitamin component may be classified according to their solubility either in lipids (vitamins A, D, E, K, F) or in water (vitamins C, B- complex).

(Multivitamins/Minerals, NCI Thesaurus)

Vitamins may be classified according to their solubility either in lipids (vitamins A, D, E, K, F) or in water (vitamins C, B-complex).

(Multivitamin, NCI Thesaurus)

Hart and Norris proposed that a mucinous tumor should be classified as borderline when stromal invasion is uncertain and the atypical lining epithelium is less than four cells in thickness.

(Borderline Mucinous Cystadenoma, NCI Thesaurus)

It is classified as low - or high-grade. — 2003

(Bladder Papillary Urothelial Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)