1. (

• classified_ad ,
• classified_advertisement ,
• classified

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

1. (

• classify ,
• class ,
• sort ,
• assort ,
• sort_out ,
• separate

) arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards;

2. (

• classify

) declare unavailable, as for security reasons; "Classify these documents" ;

3. (

• relegate ,
• classify ,

) assign to a class or kind; "How should algae be classified?"; "People argue about how to relegate certain mushrooms" ;

1. (

• classified ,

) arranged into classes ;

2. (

• classified ,

) official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation; "thousands of classified documents have now been declassified" ;