verb phrase · neutral
log in to an account
UK/lɒɡ ɪn tuː æn əˈkaʊnt/US/lɔːɡ ɪn tuː æn əˈkaʊnt/LOG·in to an ac·COUNT
Band 4-5speakingtask1
to enter your username/password to access a user account
Examples
“I couldn't log in to my account because I forgot the password.”
“Please log in to your account to view your messages.”
“After you log in to the account, click 'settings'.”
Band 8 sentence
“Before the lecture started I logged in to my university account to download the reading list.”
Collocations
- log in to your account
- log in with a password
Word family
log in phrasal verblogin nounlog out phrasal verb
Common mistakes
login to my account→log in to my account
log in an account→log in to an account
Say it for a higher band
5sign in→6log on→7+log in to an account
Synonyms
sign in
log on
Easily confused
log on
“I logged on to the server to check the files.”
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