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title: '<dd>: The Description Details element'
slug: Web/HTML/Element/dd
page-type: html-element
browser-compat: html.elements.dd

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The <dd> HTML element provides the description, definition, or value for the preceding term ({{HTMLElement("dt")}}) in a description list ({{HTMLElement("dl")}}).

{{EmbedInteractiveExample("pages/tabbed/dd.html", "tabbed-standard")}}

Attributes

This element's attributes include the global attributes.

• nowrap {{Non-standard_inline}} {{Deprecated_Inline}}

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

Examples

For examples, see the examples provided for the <dl> element.

Technical summary

Content categories	None.
Permitted content	Flow content.
Tag omission	The start tag is required. The end tag may be omitted if this element is immediately followed by another <dd> element or a {{HTMLElement("dt")}} element, or if there is no more content in the parent element.
Permitted parents	A {{HTMLElement("dl")}} or a {{HTMLElement("div")}} that is a child of a {{HTMLElement("dl")}}. This element can be used after a {{HTMLElement("dt")}} or another {{HTMLElement("dd")}} element.
Implicit ARIA role	definition
Permitted ARIA roles	No role permitted
DOM interface	{{domxref("HTMLElement")}}

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{HTMLElement("dl")}}

• {{HTMLElement("dt")}}