declassify
verb/diːˈklæsɪfaɪ/
/diːˈklæsɪfaɪ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they declassify | /diːˈklæsɪfaɪ/ /diːˈklæsɪfaɪ/ |
| he / she / it declassifies | /diːˈklæsɪfaɪz/ /diːˈklæsɪfaɪz/ |
| past simple declassified | /diːˈklæsɪfaɪd/ /diːˈklæsɪfaɪd/ |
| past participle declassified | /diːˈklæsɪfaɪd/ /diːˈklæsɪfaɪd/ |
| -ing form declassifying | /diːˈklæsɪfaɪɪŋ/ /diːˈklæsɪfaɪɪŋ/ |
- declassify something to state officially that secret government information is no longer secret
- declassified information/documents
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDeclassify is used with these nouns as the object:- document
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- to change something to a lower classification (2) or to remove it from a list completely
- declassify something a proposal to declassify marijuana
- declassify something as something Wildlife experts will decide next month whether to declassify the bird as a threatened species.
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