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# classified

«classified» in Mova's school dictionary: **Sorted into groups or classes: the rocks were classified…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (classified); verb, past form of classify (classify, classifies, classified, classifying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sorted into groups or classes: the rocks were classified by colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classified/#m1)

2) (of information) Officially secret and only for certain people: classified documents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classified/#m2)

3) (classified ads, classifieds) Small advertisements in a newspaper or website, sorted into sections, for things for sale or jobs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classified/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and maths it is the past of classify: "the animals were classified as mammals". In spy stories, classified files are top secret. Phrases: classified as, classified information, top secret and classified, classified ads.

### examples

- The animals were classified into vertebrates and invertebrates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classified/#x1)
- A whale is classified as a mammal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classified/#x2)
- The spy stole classified documents. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classified/#x3)
- Dad found his bike in the classified ads. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classified/#x4)
- The triangle is classified as isosceles because two sides are equal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classified/#x5)
- That information is classified — I can't tell you! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classified/#x6)

### note

Past form: classify becomes classified (y to i). "Classified as" means put in a group. In maths, 9 is classified as odd and square, not prime.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «classified» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classified/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.