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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The venue’s exterior is perhaps even more famous, with Laura Palmer having been found dead and wrapped in plastic by a giant log on the beach outside in the Twin Peaks pilot.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
The threat of extreme wildfire — an actual crisis driven by a complex set of factors, including climate change, its role in intensifying droughts and pest outbreaks, and decades of fire suppression — is being cited to justify slashing environmental reviews to ramp up logging on public lands.
—Chris D'angelo, Vox, 2 May 2025
When Cameron leaves home one day, a friend and local drug dealer crashes at the writer's apartment, logs on to the game in his absence, and gleefully murders many of the Thronglets.
—EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
She’s logged on, ready to embrace what’s next on the feed.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 15 May 2025
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Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2025
The threat of extreme wildfire — an actual crisis driven by a complex set of factors, including climate change, its role in intensifying droughts and pest outbreaks, and decades of fire suppression — is being cited to justify slashing environmental reviews to ramp up logging on public lands.
—Chris D'angelo, Vox, 2 May 2025
When Cameron leaves home one day, a friend and local drug dealer crashes at the writer's apartment, logs on to the game in his absence, and gleefully murders many of the Thronglets.
—EW.com, 11 Apr. 2025
She’s logged on, ready to embrace what’s next on the feed.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 15 May 2025
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“Log on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/log%20on. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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