sign-in

noun

The process or an instance of signing in.

“Enter your credentials on the sign-in screen.”

Meanings

nounsign-in (plural sign-ins)

plural sign-ins

  1. attributiveoftenThe process or an instance of signing in.

    Enter your credentials on the sign-in screen.

    2 more examples

    Make sure to verify your contact info immediately after sign-in.

    Microsoft provides a way to check for all sign-ins by your account: go to "My Sign-ins".

    Synonyms: login, log-in, logon, log-on, sign-on · Antonyms: logoff, logout, signoff, sign-off, signout, sign-out

verbsign-in (third-person singular simple present signs-in, present participle signing-in, simple past and past participle signed-in)

present singular third person signs-in · participle present signing-in · participle past signed-in · past signed-in

  1. misspellingMisspelling of sign in.

    C&RO Clementine Davis reported that 115 voters had signed-in at the junior high precinct by 9:50 a.m. Gerald C. Fraiser also is pictured in the background as he signs-in.

    1999 November 3, “Training up a child”, in The Yazoo Herald, 128th year, number 53, Yazoo City, Miss., page 1

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe process or an instance of signing in.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

sign-in. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sign-in

MLA

“sign-in.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sign-in. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sign-in,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sign-in.

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