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DECLASSIFY (declassified)

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Irregular inflected form: declassified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does declassify mean? 

DECLASSIFY (verb)
  The verb DECLASSIFY has 1 sense:

1. lift the restriction on and make available againplay

  Familiarity information: DECLASSIFY used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DECLASSIFY (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they declassify  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it declassifies  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: declassified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: declassified  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: declassifying  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Lift the restriction on and make available again

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

reclassify the documents

Hypernyms (to "declassify" is one way to...):

free; release (make (information) available for publication)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue declassify the movie

Antonym:

classify (declare unavailable, as for security reasons)

Derivation:

declassification (reduction or removal by the government of restrictions on a classified document or weapon)


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