How to add a parent to several tags in HTML ?

Last Updated : 17 May, 2021

The <li> tag is used to represent the list of items using HTML. It must be contained in a parent element.
Types of list:

Ordered list
Unordered list
Definition list

Ordered list: The <ol> tag is used to create an ordered list. Each list items start with the tag<li>.
The attributes are used in ordered list are:

Type: It can have five values (1, A, a, i).
Start: Set if any numerical values.
Values: Used for changing the numbering sequence in the middle of list.

Syntax:

<ol>
   <li>Item1</li>
   <li>Item2</li>
   <li>Item3</li>
</ol>

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>HTML ol tag</title>
</head>

<body>
    <h1 style="color:green;">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h3>HTML &lt;ol&gt; tag</h3>

    
<p>reversed attribute</p>

    <ol reversed>
        <li>HTML</li>
        <li>CSS</li>
        <li>JS</li>
    </ol>

    
<p>start attribute</p>

    <ol start=5>
        <li>HTML</li>
        <li>CSS</li>
        <li>JS</li>
    </ol>

    
<p>type attribute</p>

    <ol type="i">
        <li>HTML</li>
        <li>CSS</li>
        <li>JS</li>
    </ol>

</body>

</html>

Output:

Unordered list: The <ul> tag is used to create an unordered list items. Each list start with <li> tag. The attributes that can be specified with <li> tag are FILLROUND, CIRCLE, SQUARE. By default, disk representation is used. It is not necessary to use </li> for ending the list.
Syntax:

<ul>
   <li>Item1</li>
   <li>Item2</li>
   <li>Item3</li>
</ul>

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> 

<head> 
    <title>HTML ul tag</title> 
</head> 

<body> 
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
    
    <h2>HTML &lt;ul&gt; tag</h2>
    
    
<p>GeeksforGeeks courses List:</p>

    <ul> 
        <li>Geeks</li> 
        <li>Sudo</li> 
        <li>Gfg</li> 
        <li>Gate</li> 
        <li>Placement</li> 
    </ul> 
</body> 

</html>

Output:

Definition list: The <dl> tag is used to create a definition list.
The definition list consists of two parts:

Definition Term <dt>
Definition description <dd>

Syntax:

<ul>
   <li>Item1</li>
   <li>Item2</li>
   <li>Item3</li>
</ul>

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
    <title>dl tag</title>
    <style>
        h1,
        h2 {
            text-align: center;
        }

        h1 {
            color: green;
        }

        dl {
            margin-left: 20%;
        }
    </style>
</head>

<body>
    <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1>
    <h2>dl Tag</h2>
    <dl>
        <dt>GeeksforGeeks</dt>

        <dd>
            A Computer Science 
            Portal For Geeks
        </dd>
    </dl>
</body>

</html>

Output:

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