`<dfn> HTML Tag`

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Element of: What On Earth Is Semantic Markup? (And Why Should You Learn To Write It)
What does <dfn> HTML Tag do?: The <dfn> element is used to identify the defining instance of a term in an HTML document. When a term is wrapped in <dfn> tags, browsers and web crawlers will understand that nearby text contains a definition of the term.
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Usage: semantic | textual

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A <dfn>definition</dfn> is an explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase.

A definition is an explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase.

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