1 A2 neutral
To access a particular computer system, website, or platform by entering your username and password.
"You can log onto the learning portal using your student ID number."
inseparable
log onto
A2 neutral inseparable transitive
To access a specific computer system, network, or website by entering your credentials.
In plain English
To use your username and password to start using a particular computer system or website.
What does "log onto" mean?
One main meaning — here's how to use it.
Literal vs figurative
Words literally mean
To record your entry onto a specific system — 'onto' stresses the destination surface or platform.
Actually means
To use your username and password to start using a particular computer system or website.
Usage tip
Very close in meaning to 'log into'. Both are widely used and interchangeable in most contexts. 'Log onto' is slightly more common in British English; 'log into' is slightly more common in American English, though both are used globally.
Words that pair with "log onto"
Natural word combinations native speakers use most often.
website system network platform portal server
How to conjugate "log onto"
The five tense forms you'll use most often.
Base
log onto
I/you/we/they
3rd person
logs onto
he/she/it
Past simple
loged onto
yesterday
Past participle
loged onto
have + pp
-ing form
loging onto
continuous
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