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View synonyms for log in
log in
verb
- Alsolog on to enter (an identification number, password, etc) from a remote terminal to gain access to a multiaccess system
noun
- Alsologin the process by which a computer user logs in
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Idioms and Phrases
Also, log on . Enter into a computer the information needed to begin a session, as in I logged in at two o'clock , or There's no record of your logging on today . These expressions refer especially to large systems shared by numerous individuals, who need to enter a username or password before executing a program. The antonyms are log off and log out , meaning “to end a computer session.” All these expressions derive from the use of log in the nautical sense of entering information about a ship in a journal called a log book . [c. 1960]Discover More
Example Sentences
I may or may not be using a friend's log-in to stream the occasional documentary.
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