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<dd>

The HTML <dd> element indicates the description of a term in a description list (<dl>).

Content categories None.
Permitted content Flow content.
Tag omission The start tag is required. The end tag may be omitted if the <dd> element is immediately followed by another <dd> element, or if there is no more content in the parent element.
Permitted parents <dl> or (in WHATWG HTML) a <div> that is inside a <dl>.
Previous sibling <dt> or another <dd> element.
Permitted ARIA roles None
DOM interface HTMLElement

Attributes

This element's attributes include the global attributes.

nowrap
If the value of this attribute is set to yes, the definition text will not wrap. The default value is no.

Example

For an example, see <dl> examples.

Specifications

Specification Status Comment
HTML Living Standard
The definition of '<dd>' in that specification.		 Living Standard  
HTML5
The definition of '<dd>' in that specification.		 Recommendation  
HTML 4.01 Specification
The definition of '<dd>' in that specification.		 Recommendation  

Browser compatibility

FeatureChromeEdgeFirefoxInternet ExplorerOperaSafari
Basic Support (Yes) (Yes)11 (Yes) (Yes) (Yes)
nowrap (Yes) (Yes)1 (Yes) (Yes) (Yes)
FeatureAndroidChrome for AndroidEdge mobileFirefox for AndroidIE mobileOpera AndroidiOS Safari
Basic Support (Yes) (Yes) (Yes)11 (Yes) (Yes) (Yes)
nowrap (Yes) (Yes) (Yes)1 (Yes) (Yes) (Yes)

1. Before Firefox 4, this element was implemented using the HTMLSpanElement interface instead of HTMLElement.

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