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 The searches were logged on the database and a school resource officer reviewed them. Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 3 Oct. 2024 According to police emergency call logs on the day of the incident, multiple calls from members of the public were made about overcrowding as early as four hours before the situation gravely worsened. Gawon Bae, CNN, 30 Sep. 2024 Get back home at 8:15 a.m., log on and check emails. R29 Team, refinery29.com, 23 Sep. 2024 Lindsay Lohan Dating Samantha Ronson Niki Nikolova/Getty Images As a person who would crack open their laptop and log on to PerezHilton.com every day during my freshman year of college, Lindsay’s bi era was huge for me. Rose Dommu, Them, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for log on 

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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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“Log on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/log%20on. Accessed 3 Nov. 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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