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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Captain Brett listened closely for the air-horn blasts of tankers while glancing at an app that tracked whichever boats had bothered to log on.
—Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Arches is, hands down, one of the country’s most striking national parks, and the beauty only intensifies with each mile logged on the otherworldly Arches Scenic Drive.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2025
The Trump administration will strip protections that prevent logging on nearly 59 million acres of National Forest System lands, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Monday.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 24 June 2025
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
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Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
Arches is, hands down, one of the country’s most striking national parks, and the beauty only intensifies with each mile logged on the otherworldly Arches Scenic Drive.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2025
The Trump administration will strip protections that prevent logging on nearly 59 million acres of National Forest System lands, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Monday.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 24 June 2025
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
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“Log on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/log%20on. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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