When someone logs in or logs on, or logs into a computer system, they start using the system, usually by typing their name or identity code and a password.
Customers pay to log on and gossip with other users. [VERBPARTICLE]
They would log into their account and take a look at prices and decide what they'dlike to do. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
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log in in British English
computing
verb
1. Also: log on
to enter (an identification number, password, etc) from a remote terminal to gain access to a multiaccess system
noun
2. Also: login
the process by which a computer user logs in
log in in American English
a. Also: log on, sign on Computing
to enter identifying data, as a name or password, into a multiuser system, so as to be able to do work with the system
b.
to enter or include any item of information or data in a record, account, etc
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Examples of 'log in' in a sentence
log in
Jeanne put a Dura-Flame log in the fireplace and brought out a bottle of port.
Reeves, Robert DOUBTING THOMAS
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British English: log in /lɒɡ ɪn/ VERB
If you log in or log on, you type your name and a password so that you can start using a computer or a website.