log on

verb

variants or less commonly log in
logged on also logged in; logging on also logging in; logs on also logs in

intransitive verb

: to establish communication and initiate interaction with a computer or system
When you log on, you are taken to your "slimming apartment"; it's a virtual world, kind of like the Sims game …Gill Sutherland
… that voters from Iowa, New Hampshire, and Ohio will see different pages when they log in.Dana Milbank
often used with to
log in to the mainframe
After a hellish day at work or spat with your guy, you log on to Facebook …Jessica Knoll
often written as log onto and log into
… a so-called portal, the site that greets users when they first log onto the Internet.Katie Hafner
… almost seven million paying subscribers, who can log into the game and interact with other players.Seth Schiesel
log-on
ˈlȯg-ˌȯn How to pronounce log on (audio)
ˈläg-ˌän
noun
or less commonly log-in
ˈlȯg-ˌin How to pronounce log on (audio)
ˈläg-

Examples of log on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Just switch on your mobile device, log on to social media and there's the energy of pop culture calling out from the screen. Michele Smith, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024 Take advantage of the hybrid work model to connect with the people who are physically there as much as possible (rather than only logging on to virtual meetings). Christine Carter, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2024 But for the less expensive packages only one device at a time can be logged on to the system at a time. Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2024 But over the last three weeks, the form has opened for an hour or two at random, and whoever happens to log on while the site is active is able to complete it. The Enquirer, 16 Jan. 2024 But when the portal opened at midnight on February 1 and everyone who had set their alarms for 11:55 p.m. logged on, many spent the evening messaging one another in the middle of the night to troubleshoot the online application. Stephanie Krikorian, Curbed, 1 Feb. 2024 Its siloed structure is a throwback to the pre-Facebook internet era, when socializing online often meant logging on to specific forums. Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2023 Epic Games proved this out by producing virtual concerts for artists such as Travis Scott and Ariana Grande that saw tens of millions of players log on for the experience. Gene Park, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024 And February 6 won’t be the first time celebrities will log on. Elana Klein, WIRED, 28 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of log on was in 1962

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Cite this Entry

“Log on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/log%20on. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

log on

verb
variants or log in
: to make a connection with a computer or system
logged on to the Internet
log-on
ˈlȯg-ˌȯn
ˈläg-ˌän
noun

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