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Log in

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

phrasal verbCore term

In office & administration, log in means: To enter your username and password, or pass another security check, so that you can start using a computer system, website or app.

In Turkish: giriş yapmak, oturum açmak, sisteme girmek

How it is used

Also log on and sign in. The verb is two words (log in) and the noun or adjective is one (login): "your login details". People often call the IT help desk saying "I can't log in". The opposite is log out.

Example sentences

  1. I can't log in to the booking system; it says my password has expired.

  2. New starters get their login details from IT on their first day.

Common collocations

  • log in to the system
  • login details
  • log out
  • can't log in
  • help deskThe team or service that employees contact when they have problems with computers, software, phones or other IT equipment.
  • shared driveA storage space on a company network or in the cloud where colleagues save, open and edit the same files.
  • back upTo make an extra copy of computer files and store it somewhere else, so the data can be recovered if the original is lost or damaged.
  • sign inTo write your name, or register electronically, when you arrive at a building, so there is a record of who is on site.

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