Meanings
verblog in (third-person singular simple present logs in, present participle logging in, simple past and past participle logged in)
present singular third person logs in · participle present logging in · participle past logged in · past logged in
- intransitivetransitivecomputingTo gain access to a computer system, usually by providing a previously registered username and password.
I would like to log in to check my e-mail, but I can't remember my password.
Synonyms: log on, sign in, sign on, log into · Antonyms: log off, log out, sign off, sign out
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo gain access to a computer system, usually by providing a previously registered username and password.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
By analogy with clock in. First use of the term appears in 1963 in the publication Compatible Time-Sharing System from the MIT Computation Center.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans meld aan
- meld aangain access to a computer system
Chinese Mandarin 記入 /记入, 登錄 /登录
- 記入 /记入 (jìrù)gain access to a computer system
- 登錄 /登录 (dēnglù)gain access to a computer system
- 簽入 /签入 (qiānrù)gain access to a computer system
Czech přihlásit se
- přihlásit segain access to a computer system
Danish logge ind, logge på
- logge indgain access to a computer system
- logge pågain access to a computer system
Dutch aanmelden, inloggen
- aanmeldengain access to a computer system
- inloggengain access to a computer system
Esperanto ensaluti
- ensalutigain access to a computer system
Estonian logima, sisse logima
- logimagain access to a computer system
- sisse logimagain access to a computer system
Finnish kirjautua, kirjautua sisään
- kirjautuagain access to a computer system
- kirjautua sisäängain access to a computer system
French s'identifier, se connecter
- s'identifiergain access to a computer system
- se connectergain access to a computer system
German sich anmelden, sich einloggen
- sich anmeldengain access to a computer system
- sich einloggengain access to a computer system
- einloggengain access to a computer system
Hebrew התחבר, נכנס
- התחבר (hitkhabér)gain access to a computer system
- נכנס (nikhnás)gain access to a computer system
- נכנס לחשבון (nikhnás lekheshbón)gain access to a computer system
Hungarian belép, bejelentkezik
- belépgain access to a computer system
- bejelentkezikgain access to a computer system
Icelandic skrá inn
- skrá inngain access to a computer system
Indonesian masuk
- masukgain access to a computer system
Irish logáil isteach
- logáil isteachgain access to a computer system
Italian accedere, autenticarsi
- accederegain access to a computer system
- autenticarsigain access to a computer system
- entraregain access to a computer system
Japanese ログインする, サインインする
- ログインする (roguin suru)gain access to a computer system
- サインインする (sain'in suru)gain access to a computer system
Korean 로그인하다
- 로그인하다 (rogeu'inhada)gain access to a computer system
Malay log masuk
- log masukgain access to a computer system
Māori takiuru
- takiurugain access to a computer system
Norwegian Bokmål logge på
- logge pågain access to a computer system
Polish zalogować się
- zalogować sięgain access to a computer system
Portuguese fazer/realizar login (o), entrar
- fazer/realizar login (o)gain access to a computer system
- entrargain access to a computer system
- fazer logingain access to a computer system
- realizar logingain access to a computer system
- logargain access to a computer system
- autenticargain access to a computer system
- iniciar sessãogain access to a computer system
- autenticar-segain access to a computer system
Romanian autentifica, loga
- autentificagain access to a computer system
- logagain access to a computer system
Russian авторизо́вываться, авторизова́ться
- авторизо́вываться (avtorizóvyvatʹsja)gain access to a computer system
- авторизова́ться (avtorizovátʹsja)gain access to a computer system
- войти́ (vojtí)gain access to a computer system
- подсоедини́ться (podsojedinítʹsja)gain access to a computer system
- подключи́ться (podključítʹsja)gain access to a computer system
- зарегистри́роваться (zaregistrírovatʹsja)gain access to a computer system
Spanish entrar, iniciar sesión
- entrargain access to a computer system
- iniciar sesióngain access to a computer system
- loguearsegain access to a computer system
Swahili ingia
- ingiagain access to a computer system
Swedish logga in
- logga ingain access to a computer system
Thai ล็อกอิน
- ล็อกอินgain access to a computer system
Turkish giriş yapmak
- giriş yapmakgain access to a computer system
Vietnamese đăng nhập, hội nhập
- đăng nhậpgain access to a computer system
- hội nhậpgain access to a computer system
Welsh mewngofnodi
- mewngofnodigain access to a computer system
Cite this entry
APA
log in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/log%20in
MLA
“log in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/log%20in. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “log in,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/log%20in.
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