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log

log
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [lawg, log]
    • /lɔg, lɒg/
    • /lɒɡ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [lawg, log]
    • /lɔg, lɒg/

Definitions of log word

  • noun log Mathematics. logarithm. 1
  • verb with object log to cut (trees) into logs: to log pine trees for fuel. 1
  • verb with object log to cut down the trees or timber on (land): We logged the entire area in a week. 1
  • verb with object log to enter in a log; compile; amass; keep a record of: to log a day's events. 1
  • verb with object log to make (a certain speed), as a ship or airplane: We are logging 18 knots. 1
  • verb with object log to travel for (a certain distance or a certain amount of time), according to the record of a log: We logged 30 miles the first day. He has logged 10,000 hours flying time. 1

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Origin of log

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English logge, variant of lugge pole, limb of tree; compare obsolete logget pole; see lugsail, logbook

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Log

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

log popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

log usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for log

noun log

  • chunk — Chunks of something are thick solid pieces of it.
  • woodGrant, 1892–1942, U.S. painter.
  • piece — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
  • timber — the wood of growing trees suitable for structural uses.
  • length — the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river.

verb log

  • note — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
  • list — Friedrich [free-drik] /ˈfri drɪk/ (Show IPA), 1789–1846, U.S. political economist and journalist, born in Germany.

adjective log

  • ligneous — of the nature of or resembling wood; woody.
  • clapboard — A clapboard building has walls which are covered with long narrow pieces of wood, usually painted white.
  • planter — a person who plants.
  • framer — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
  • wooden — consisting or made of wood; wood: a wooden ship.

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