CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does classified advertisement mean? 

• CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT (noun)
  The noun CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

classified; classified ad; classified advertisement

Hypernyms ("classified advertisement" is a kind of...):

newspaper ad; newspaper advertisement (a printed advertisement that is published in a newspaper)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "classified advertisement"):

want ad (a newspaper advertisement stating what is wanted)