Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
identify or divide into classes:
declare secret:
Русский
By meaning 2
identify or divide into classes:
declare secret:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
identify or divide into classes:
declare secret:

Examples

64 sentences

  1. Tom has been accused of selling classified information.

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  2. This document is classified.

    deDieses Dokument steht unter Verschluss. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. This data is classified.

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Meaning

3 senses

  1. To identify by or divide into classes; to categorize

    Should we classify "make up" as an idiom or as a phrasal verb?

    einordnen, einstufen, unterteilen

    классифици́роватьklassificírovatʹ

    класифікува́тиklasyfikuváty

    arrange or order by classes or categories

  2. To declare something a secret, especially a government secret

    They decided to classify that information.

    als vertraulich / geheim einstufen

    засекре́чиватьzasekréčivatʹ, засекре́титьzasekrétitʹ

    засекре́чуватиzasekréčuvaty, засекре́титиzasekrétyty

  3. To make classy

Origin

From French classifier. By surface analysis, class + -ify.

From French classifier. By surface analysis, class + -ify.

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Forms

classifies, classifying, classified, classified

regular · Lesson

Base formclassify · to classify
3rd person singularclassifies
Present participleclassifying
Past simpleclassified
Past participleclassified

Tenses

classify · classified · will classify · have classified

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyclassify
he, she, itclassifies

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave classified
he, she, ithas classified

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill classify

Past simpleLesson

all personsclassified

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms
to declare a secret:declassify

Word family

22 related words
RelatedclassC1classificationB2arrangeB1distributeB1rankB1guessA1indexB2alphabetizeclassificatoryclassifier
Derivedautoclassifyclassifiabledisclassifyinterclassifymisclassifyoverclassifypreclassifyreclassifysubclassifytransclassifyunclassifyunderclassify

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
classicallyclassificationB2classifiedclasslessclassmateA1classroomA1classyC1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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