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There are some classified documents there that we received from the CIA. Our arrangement with the CIA was that we could by mutual agreement declassify these documents, but we had no authority to unilaterally declassify them.
Louis Stokes

Meaning of "declassify" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DECLASSIFY

declassify  [diːˈklæsɪˌfaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECLASSIFY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Declassify is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb declassify in English.

WHAT DOES DECLASSIFY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Declassification

Declassification is the process of documents that formerly were classified as secret ceasing to be so restricted, often under the principle of freedom of information. Procedures for declassification vary by country. Papers may be withheld without being classified as secret, and eventually made available.

Definition of declassify in the English dictionary

The definition of declassify in the dictionary is to release from the security list.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DECLASSIFY

PRESENT

Present
I declassify
you declassify
he/she/it declassifies
we declassify
you declassify
they declassify
Present continuous
I am declassifying
you are declassifying
he/she/it is declassifying
we are declassifying
you are declassifying
they are declassifying
Present perfect
I have declassified
you have declassified
he/she/it has declassified
we have declassified
you have declassified
they have declassified
Present perfect continuous
I have been declassifying
you have been declassifying
he/she/it has been declassifying
we have been declassifying
you have been declassifying
they have been declassifying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I declassified
you declassified
he/she/it declassified
we declassified
you declassified
they declassified
Past continuous
I was declassifying
you were declassifying
he/she/it was declassifying
we were declassifying
you were declassifying
they were declassifying
Past perfect
I had declassified
you had declassified
he/she/it had declassified
we had declassified
you had declassified
they had declassified
Past perfect continuous
I had been declassifying
you had been declassifying
he/she/it had been declassifying
we had been declassifying
you had been declassifying
they had been declassifying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will declassify
you will declassify
he/she/it will declassify
we will declassify
you will declassify
they will declassify
Future continuous
I will be declassifying
you will be declassifying
he/she/it will be declassifying
we will be declassifying
you will be declassifying
they will be declassifying
Future perfect
I will have declassified
you will have declassified
he/she/it will have declassified
we will have declassified
you will have declassified
they will have declassified
Future perfect continuous
I will have been declassifying
you will have been declassifying
he/she/it will have been declassifying
we will have been declassifying
you will have been declassifying
they will have been declassifying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would declassify
you would declassify
he/she/it would declassify
we would declassify
you would declassify
they would declassify
Conditional continuous
I would be declassifying
you would be declassifying
he/she/it would be declassifying
we would be declassifying
you would be declassifying
they would be declassifying
Conditional perfect
I would have declassify
you would have declassify
he/she/it would have declassify
we would have declassify
you would have declassify
they would have declassify
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been declassifying
you would have been declassifying
he/she/it would have been declassifying
we would have been declassifying
you would have been declassifying
they would have been declassifying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you declassify
we let´s declassify
you declassify
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to declassify
Past participle
declassified
Present Participle
declassifying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECLASSIFY


calcify
ˈkælsɪˌfaɪ
classify
ˈklæsɪˌfaɪ
crucify
ˈkruːsɪˌfaɪ
decalcify
diːˈkælsɪˌfaɪ
decrassify
diːˈkræsɪˌfaɪ
densify
ˈdensɪˌfaɪ
detoxify
diːˈtɒksɪˌfaɪ
diversify
daɪˈvɜːsɪˌfaɪ
emulsify
ɪˈmʌlsɪˌfaɪ
falsify
ˈfɔːlsɪˌfaɪ
gasify
ˈɡæsɪˌfaɪ
intensify
ɪnˈtɛnsɪˌfaɪ
misclassify
ˌmɪsˈklæsɪˌfaɪ
opacify
əʊˈpæsɪˌfaɪ
ossify
ˈɒsɪˌfaɪ
pacify
ˈpæsɪˌfaɪ
repacify
riːˈpæsɪˌfaɪ
specify
ˈspɛsɪˌfaɪ
subclassify
sʌbˈklæsɪˌfaɪ
versify
ˈvɜːsɪˌfaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECLASSIFY

declaration of love
declaration of war
declarative
declaratively
declarator
declaratorily
declaratory
declare
declare an interest
declared
declaredly
declarer
declass
declassifiable
declassification
declassified
declassifies
declaw
declension
declensional

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECLASSIFY

basify
bourgeoisify
certify
clarify
demulsify
glassify
identify
justify
modify
notify
prosify
qualify
quantify
reclassify
Russify
salsify
simplify
testify
tipsify
verify

Synonyms and antonyms of declassify in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «declassify» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECLASSIFY

Find out the translation of declassify to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of declassify from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «declassify» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

解密
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desclasificar
570 millions of speakers

English

declassify
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

declassify
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رفع السرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

рассекретить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desclassificar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বশ্রেণীচু্যত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

déclassifier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mendedahkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

freigeben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

機密扱いを解除する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기밀 취급을 해제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Declassify
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giải mật danh mục
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

declassify
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उघडकीस आणणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gizliliğini kaldırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

riclassificare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odtajnić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розсекретити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

declasifice
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποχαρακτηρίσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontneem
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

häva
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

declassify
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of declassify

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECLASSIFY»

The term «declassify» is regularly used and occupies the 101.025 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECLASSIFY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about declassify

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QUOTES WITH «DECLASSIFY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word declassify.
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Louis Stokes
There are some classified documents there that we received from the CIA. Our arrangement with the CIA was that we could by mutual agreement declassify these documents, but we had no authority to unilaterally declassify them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECLASSIFY»

Discover the use of declassify in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to declassify and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Software Security - Theories and Systems: Second ...
Proof. We sketch a proof by induction on the typing derivation for c. With the exception of the straightforward case for the subsumption rule (in the bottom of Figure 2), the induction is on the structure of c. Suppose c contains exactly n declassify ...
Kokichi Futatsugi, Fumio Mizoguchi, Naoki Yonezaki, 2004
2
Research Directions in Data and Applications Security XVIII
Declassification In [5] there are two concepts related to Declassification: the Authority predicate, and the Declassify operator. The Authority predicate specifies which principal can execute an application process and allows this correlation to be ...
Csilla Farkas, Pierangela Samarati, 2004
3
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
(4) Declassification instructions. The duration of the original classification decision shall be placed on the "Declassify On" line. The original classification authority will apply one of the following instructions: (i) The original classification authority ...
4
L.S.A., List of C.F.R. Sections Affected
The duration of the original classification decision shall be placed on the " Declassify On" line. The original classification authority will apply one of the following instructions: (i) The original classification authority will apply a date or event for de ...
5
Code of Federal Regulations
(4) Declassification instructions. The duration of the original classification decision shall be placed on the “Declassify On” line. The original classification authority will apply one of the following instructions: (i) The original classification authority ...
6
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 41, Public Contracts and ...
§102-33.415 When may we declassify an aircraft and remove it from our Federal aircraft inventory? When an aircraft is lost or destroyed, or is otherwise non- operational and you want to retain it, you may declassify it and remove it from your ...
Office of the Federal Register (U S ), 2011
7
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 32, National Defense, PT. ...
The duration of the original classification decision shall be placed on the “ Declassify On” line. When declassification dates are displayed numerically, the following format shall be used: YYYYMMDD. Events must be reasonably definite and ...
Office of the Federal Register (U S ), 2011
8
Prometheus: An Advanced Logic Based AI Toolkit
EXAMPLE 1: classify clyde in mammal; classify clyde in elephant; classify clyde in royal_elephant; declassify clyde The first three commands narrow down Clyde's biological classification to royal_elephant, whilst still keeping him an instance ...
Richard Broughton, Jocelyn Paine, Masoud Yazdani, 1991
9
7 CFR Agriculture: CFR Parts 1-26
§102–33.415 When may we declassify an aircraft and remove it from our Federal aircraft inventory? When an aircraft is lost or destroyed, or is otherwise non- operational and you want to retain it, you may declassify it and remove it from your ...
Office of The Federal Register, 2013
10
Code of Federal Regulations, Title 32, National Defense, Pt. ...
The duration of the original classification decision shall be placed on the " Declassify On" line. When declassification dates are displayed numerically, the following format shall be used: YYYYMMDD. Events must be reasonably definite and ...
‎2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECLASSIFY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term declassify is used in the context of the following news items.
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Turkey's EU membership a strategic goal regardless of the party
... the call to declassify of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) as a terrorist group and a suggestion of an end to the EU's economic contributions ... «Daily Sabah, Jul 15»
2
Mdluli case: Court has yet to receive vital information
The state claimed it needed more time to declassify documents it required for its case. Without delving into the details, police spokesperson ... «Eyewitness News, Jul 15»
3
Six options for ministers to prove they are patriots
Thirdly, to declassify and make public the interim report of the auditor-general on the 1MDB, which will be presented to Parliament's Public Accounts Committee ... «Malaysiakini, Jul 15»
4
Tell the US Senate to Support Peace and Reconciliation in Indonesia
The resolution condemns the 1965–66 atrocities, calls on United States agencies to declassify documents related to the events, and urges political leaders in ... «TakePart, Jul 15»
5
UN Chief: Case of Crash that Killed Dag Hammarskjöld Should be …
Ban called on officials of all involved states to “disclose, declassify or allow privileged access to the secretary general to information they may ... «Sputnik International, Jul 15»
6
Are “Proxy Puts” Kaput?
... of its shareholders that was campaigning to declassify SandRidge's board, remove the incumbent directors and elect a new slate of directors. «JD Supra, Jul 15»
7
Declassify Netaji files, says Janta Commission
VARANASI: Janta Commission, a body set up by admirers of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose to find out the truth behind his mysterious ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
8
Phiyega's office to ensure Mdluli's case is addressed
The state claims it needed more time to declassify documents needed for its case against Mdluli. Phiyega's spokesperson Solomon Makgale ... «Eyewitness News, Jul 15»
9
UN Secretary-General Presses Probe Into Former Chief's Death in …
The panel reported that the continued refusal by intelligence agencies of the U.S. and other governments to declassify documents may be ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
10
Case against Mdluli & co-accused struck off the roll
... has been struck off the roll in the Commercial Crimes Court in Pretoria because police management has failed to declassify key documents. «Eyewitness News, Jul 15»

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