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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Those subscribers will be able to have access to ESPN in its traditional format, while adding the ability to log on to the new and improved direct-to-consumer app, launching soon.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 23 July 2025
Instead of logging on to Fandango along with thousands of other film fans in the dead of night Wednesday, Flores instead made the trek to his local AMC and secured his ticket in person.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 17 July 2025
In June 2024, the numbers were roughly reversed — 47.7% of people were watching conventional TV in an average minute, with 40.3% logged on to a streaming service.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 July 2025
Grab a high score, and it gets logged on the leaderboard.
—Jason Dill
july 10, Miami Herald, 10 July 2025
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Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 23 July 2025
Instead of logging on to Fandango along with thousands of other film fans in the dead of night Wednesday, Flores instead made the trek to his local AMC and secured his ticket in person.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 17 July 2025
In June 2024, the numbers were roughly reversed — 47.7% of people were watching conventional TV in an average minute, with 40.3% logged on to a streaming service.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 July 2025
Grab a high score, and it gets logged on the leaderboard.
—Jason Dill
july 10, Miami Herald, 10 July 2025
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“Log on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/log%20on. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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