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
Examples of log on in a Sentence
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The utility also encouraged customers to log on to aps.com and ensure their contact information is current to receive automatic outage updates.
—Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 26 July 2024
But, for those of you who haven't logged on yet, some persist.
—Noah Kaufman, Bon Appétit, 17 July 2024
The Americans outscored the Serbians by 27 in the just over 28 minutes Jokic logged on Wednesday.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 17 July 2024
For Diana Vargas, of Brentwood, California, returning to school means logging on to an online coding boot camp at 6 a.m. while her 4-year-old sleeps.
—Leslie Goldman, Parents, 24 June 2024
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Daniel Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 26 July 2024
But, for those of you who haven't logged on yet, some persist.
—Noah Kaufman, Bon Appétit, 17 July 2024
The Americans outscored the Serbians by 27 in the just over 28 minutes Jokic logged on Wednesday.
—Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 17 July 2024
For Diana Vargas, of Brentwood, California, returning to school means logging on to an online coding boot camp at 6 a.m. while her 4-year-old sleeps.
—Leslie Goldman, Parents, 24 June 2024
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“Log on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/log%20on. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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