Examples of “classified” in a Sentence

adj Officially marked as secret and restricted from public disclosure by a government.

• The report was classified, so reporters could not see it.
• Only officers with special clearance could read the classified files.
• The documents remain classified fifty years later.

adj Sorted into categories.

• The library's books are classified by subject and then by author.
• All the plants in the garden have been classified by species.
• Items in the museum are classified by era.

noun A small paid advertisement in a newspaper, usually grouped by category.

• She placed a classified in the paper to sell her old bicycle.
• My uncle reads the classifieds every Sunday looking for bargains.
• He found the job through a classified in the local paper.