sign in

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sign in

verb signs in · signing in · signed in

  1. idiomatic To sign one's name on a list when entering a place, to indicate one's arrival. In order to get into the office after hours, you'll have to sign in at the security desk.
  2. To take some action to access a secured program or web page on a computer; to log in. He signed in using his own cybername: Point Guard.

Similar: log in, log on, sign on, sign into

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verb

Similar: log in, log on, sign on, sign into

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verb to sign one's name on a list

Françaiss'inscrire, émarger
Italianoiscriversi

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@misc{sign_in_2026,
  title = {sign in},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sign%20in},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}