Meaning of log into | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To log in (“gain access, usually by providing a previously registered username and password”) to (a computer system).
   often, proscribed, transitive
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see log, into: (ditransitive) to log (“enter, record, input”) (someone or something) into (somewhere).

Examples

“You can include metadata such as the revision date, the author (if the person who made the change had logged into Wikipedia), and the summary the author entered when he made the revision.”

“Less than two years after its introduction, World of Warcraft, made by Blizzard Entertainment, based in Irvine, Calif., is on pace to generate more than $1 billion in revenue this year with almost seven million paying subscribers, who can log into the game and interact with other players.”

“A bra hung from the side of her computer monitor, and Renee delicately tossed it on the bed before logging into the desktop.”

“Riley handed over his phone, which was logged into the university’s library database and open to an article.”

“There was a lot of evidence; it would one day take eight hours to log it into the trial, and, yet, there was so little that could help in the probe as far as leading the investigators to the man they sought.”

“Log your name into the computer to see if any mail awaits.”

“Django was logged into the Hôpital Lariboisière as “Jean Reinloardt,” age 18.”

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