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

South Dakota and Vermont took the top spot with shoppers logging on as early as 1 a.m., while Mississippi ranks last with an average start time of 8:24 a.m. —Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 28 Nov. 2024

According to reports presented by prosecutors taken from the stun gun’s logs on when and how the weapon was used, two cartridges were deployed shortly before the fire. —Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024

Each day, millions of federal employees use the Windows operating system and products like Word, Outlook, Excel and others to write reports, send emails, analyze data and log on to their devices. —Renee Dudley, ProPublica, 15 Nov. 2024

And what will happen when some of Jones’ casual fans who didn’t follow the news of the bankruptcy auction log on to Infowars in a few months only to find the Onion’s new creation? —David Bauder, Chicago Tribune, 15 Nov. 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