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 

ˈläg-ˌän

noun

or less commonly log-in

ˈlȯg-ˌin 

ˈläg-

Examples of log on in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That move would eliminate the threat but result in users needing to log on twice instead of once. —ProPublica, 18 June 2024

Tickets can be earned by using the Global Citizen app or logging on at globalcitizenfestival.com to send messages to governments and private sector leaders advocating for policies that will help some of the world’s most endangered communities. —Chris Willman, Variety, 18 June 2024

In February, the system buckled under the stress of all students and teachers logging on at once, which education officials hoped to simulate with the exercise. —Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 6 June 2024

The majority of financial firms still let workers log on remotely at least part of the week. —Gillian Tan, Fortune, 22 May 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1962, in the meaning defined above

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