- arranged or distributed in classes or according to class: We plan to review all the classified specimens in the laboratory.
- designating the part or parts of a publication that contain advertisements or lists arranged by category: The classified section of our little local newspaper is full of ads for garage sales and cleaning ladies.
- (of information, a document, etc.)
- available only to authorized persons.
- bearing the designation classified.
- confidential or secret: The firm's promotional budget for next year is classified information.
- 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.
- arranged according to some system of classification
- (of information) not available to people outside a restricted group, esp for reasons of national security
- (of information) closely concealed or secret
- (of advertisements in newspapers, etc) arranged according to type
- (of newspapers) containing sports results, esp football results
- (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
