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Classified

Meaning in military & defence, with examples

/ˈklæsɪfaɪd/adjectiveCommon term

In military & defence, classified means: Officially marked as secret or sensitive, so that only authorised people with the right security clearance may see or handle it.

In Turkish: gizlilik dereceli, gizli

How it is used

Documents, information and projects can be classified. NATO levels from highest to lowest are COSMIC TOP SECRET, NATO SECRET, NATO CONFIDENTIAL and NATO RESTRICTED. The opposite is 'unclassified'; material can later be declassified.

Example sentences

  1. Classified documents must be locked in a safe at the end of the day.

  2. The meeting is classified, so phones must be left outside.

Common collocations

  • classified information
  • classified document
  • highly classified
  • unclassified
  • declassified
  • security clearanceOfficial approval, given after background checks, that allows a person or company to access classified information up to a certain level.
  • intelligenceInformation about an area, situation or other forces that has been collected and analysed to help commanders decide; also the people who do this work.
  • situation report (SITREP)A short, regular report that tells a higher headquarters the current status of a unit: where it is, what it is doing, its problems and its needs.
  • staff officerAn officer who works in a headquarters, helping the commander to plan, organise and coordinate, rather than commanding a unit directly.

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