Words / B1

KLAS-if-yd/ˈklæsɪfaɪd/

Classified means officially secret, or (classified ads) small private advertisements. Secret is everyday; confidential is a close twin (already in the dictionary). Essays: classified files could not go in the essay.

Meaning

Officially secret; also (classified ads) small private advertisements.

Examples

• “The files were classified and could not go in the essay.”
• “A classified ad for a sofa is the newspaper sense, not a state secret.”

Good to know

classified information / files. Ads: classified ads. Close: confidential / secret. Security / local papers. Verb: classify (already in the dictionary).

Near in meaning

secret

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