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to log

to log

175 3.0
To write down events or information to keep a record
  • verb
  • /lɔg/
translation icon : registrar
  • Students are required to punch in on their timecards to log the amount of class time.
  • log data
  • log information
  • automatically logged

No, we we log, you know, some fairly interesting things.

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Examples

  • After each meeting, the secretary would log the minutes for official records.

  • She decided to log her exercise routine to track her progress over time.

  • And what happens is, yes, we ask to log a lot of different things.

  • And normally when I eat it, you can then log it in My Fitness Pal.

  • And we really want you to keep logging, keep telling us about your vaccines.

  • Students from around the world can log onto a virtual classroom via an intranet or internet server.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Preschool and kindergarten teachers logged their communication with families in notebooks designed for this purpose.

    Academic text (2005)
  • KCRA news staff meticulously logged the film that aired in that first newscast.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Please remember to log your daily activities in the project management software.

Synonyms

to document
vsto log
365 3.4

To write or save information to show proof

is a formal systematic record used for official purposes
to note
vsto log
158 1.3

To write something down so you do not forget it

is a formal systematic record rather than a brief personal reminder
to chronicle
vsto log
70 5.7

To write events in the order they happened

is a general systematic record across activities not mainly historical
to log up
vsto log
6.5

To write down and add up time or distance in a record

is an official systematic record across events and activities
to journalize
vsto log
  • Specialized
7.9

To record changes on a computer so they can be restored after a crash

is a general systematic record used across many areas

Phrasal Verbs

to log on
  • Texting
55 3.0

Enter a computer system or website using your username and password

to log in
  • Texting
44 2.7

Enter a computer or online account using your username and password

to log out
  • Texting
7 2.2

Leave your account on a computer or website so others cannot access it

to log off
  • Texting
5 2.8

To stop using a computer or website and sign out

6.5

To write down and add up time or distance in a record

to log Z's
  • Slang
9.7

To sleep, often for a short time

Compounds

12 2.5

A small house built from round pieces of wood, often in the woods

Yule log
  • Archaic
1 8.2

A large log burned in a fireplace at Christmas as an old custom

web log
  • Texting
1 3.2

An online diary where a person writes about their life and ideas

1 4.6

A video of a burning fireplace that people show on TV or online to make a room feel cozy

log line
  • Archaic
9.9

A knotted rope on a reel attached to a wooden block used to measure a ship's speed

log line
  • Specialized
3.7

A single line in a computer log that records an event and time

A log that gives steady heat for hours in a fire

A written list of details about killings that detectives or writers use

harpoon log
  • Archaic
9.9

A tool pulled behind a ship to measure how far it travels

nurse log
  • Specialized
7.0

A fallen dead tree trunk that helps new plants, fungi, and insects grow

patent log
  • Archaic
9.9

A cigar-shaped tool with spinning fins that measures a ship's speed through the water

saw log
  • Specialized
6.8

A large log with good wood that is cut into boards for furniture or building

screw log
  • Archaic
9.9

A long round object with rotating fins that measures how fast a ship moves in water

taffrail log
  • Archaic
9.9

A device towed behind a ship that measures how fast it moves through the water

An old logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between its wheels

A historical logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between wheels to move it

web log
  • Specialized
3.5

A file a website keeps that shows who visited which pages and when

How Detailed

to archive
30 3.9
to log
175 3.0
record
2.5
document
2.0
to note
951 1.6
to jot down
  • Informal
27 2.9

Surface Forms

log infinitive
logged past
logged past participle
logging present participle
logs third person singular

Etymology

The verb log (to make a record) comes from sailors who wrote measurements in a 'logbook' named after the wooden measuring log, so to log something now means to write it down as an official record.