log on
verb
variants
or less commonly log in
logged on also logged in; logging on also logging in; logs on also logs in
: 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
Gill Sutherland… that voters from Iowa, New Hampshire, and Ohio will see different pages when they log in.—Dana Milbank
—often used with toDana Milbanklog 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 intoJessica Knoll… a so-called portal, the site that greets users when they first log onto the Internet.—Katie Hafner
Katie Hafner… almost seven million paying subscribers, who can log into the game and interact with other players.—Seth Schiesel
Seth Schiesel
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After creating an account, eBirders can log on at any time to submit a checklist that records location, time, date and a list of birds observed.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
On Friday, Hernández elected free agency, according to the transactions log on his official player page.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
In Legacy, Flynn gets lost within a version of cyberspace called The Grid; his son logs on to chase after him.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Wiesmair squints at his smartphone, which is logged on to a database of European moth species.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
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Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
On Friday, Hernández elected free agency, according to the transactions log on his official player page.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
In Legacy, Flynn gets lost within a version of cyberspace called The Grid; his son logs on to chase after him.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
Wiesmair squints at his smartphone, which is logged on to a database of European moth species.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Log on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/log%20on. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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