# Hypertext Help with LaTeX
description

     \begin{description}
     \item[label] First item
     \item[label] Second item
     ....
     \end{description}

The description environment is used to make labeled lists. The `label` is bold face and flushed right. The text of the `\item` command is indented.

Typical usage is for descriptive lists or lists of definitions; the `label` is then the name of the item being described or defined.

See also Environments, Lists, Counters
See also Enumerate
See also `\item`
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