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logging in

logging in is the present participle and gerund of log in.

Meaning of log in

Verb

log in (third-person singular simple present logs in, present participle logging in, simple past and past participle logged in)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To 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.
  2. (transitive) To be placed at a certain ranking.
    • Their cover version of Bobby "Blue" Bland's "Turn On Your Love Light" logged in at number 80 in 1968.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 209

Questions about logging in

What is logging in the present participle and gerund of?
Logging in is the present participle and gerund of log in.

Words near logging in in the dictionary

  1. loggies
  2. logginess
  3. logging
  4. logging camp
  5. logging camps
  6. logging in
  7. logging into
  8. logging off
  9. logging on
  10. logging onto
  11. logging out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: logging in (page history and authors); log in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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