A short ad in a newspaper or magazine (usually in small print) and appearing along with other ads of the same type.

synonyms: classified ad, classified advertisement.

Arranged into classes.

Official classification of information or documents; withheld from general circulation.

Arrange or order by classes or categories:
— How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?.

synonyms: assort, class, separate, sort, sort out.

Roget 60: reduce to order, bring into order; introduce order into; rally.    arrange, dispose, place, form; put in order, set in order, place in order; set out, collocate, pack, marshal, range, size, rank, group, parcel out, allot, distribute, deal; cast the parts, assign the parts; dispose of, assign places to; assort, sort; sift, riddle; put to rights, set to rights, put into shape, put in trim, put in array; apportion.    class, classify; divide; file, string together, thread; register etc. (record) 551; catalogue, tabulate, index, graduate, digest, grade.    methodize, regulate, systematize, coordinate, organize, settle, fix.    unravel, disentangle, ravel, card; disembroil^†; feaze^†.    ... show more

Roget 465b: identify, recognize, match, match up; classify; recall, remember etc. (memory) 505; find similarity (similarity) 17; put in its proper place, put in its proper niche, place in order (arrangement) 60.    ... show more

Dutch: ordenen, klasseren, groeperen, sorteren, uitsplitsen

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Assign to a class or kind.

synonym: relegate.