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
… that voters from Iowa, New Hampshire, and Ohio will see different pages when they log in.—Dana Milbank
—often used with tolog 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
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“Log on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/log%20on. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.
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