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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Alvarez did not appear in the Denver County Jail log on Tuesday, and his court records were not immediately available.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2025
Anyone with a laptop can log on and create content to impersonate a business in minutes.
—Daniel Shapiro, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
The Israeli company, which went public in 2014, provides technology that helps companies streamline the process of logging on to applications for employees.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 29 July 2025
But public jail logs on Monday showed at least one person who appeared to have been held for ICE for six days.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
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Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2025
Anyone with a laptop can log on and create content to impersonate a business in minutes.
—Daniel Shapiro, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
The Israeli company, which went public in 2014, provides technology that helps companies streamline the process of logging on to applications for employees.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 29 July 2025
But public jail logs on Monday showed at least one person who appeared to have been held for ICE for six days.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
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“Log on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/log%20on. Accessed 14 Aug. 2025.
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