The **``** tag stands for _emphasis_. It is used to stress a piece of text.

The `` tag italicizes the text as its default behaviour, as shown in the snippet below:

```CSS
em { 
 font-style: italic;
}
```
The behavior of the `` tag can be changed by adding more CSS properties.

# Syntax
```HTML
 Text goes here 
```

# Example

The code snippet below shows how the `em` tag can be used in HTML:

<html>
 <head>
 </head>

 <body> 
 The &ltem&gt tag stands for emphasis. 
 </body>

</html>

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What is the tag in HTML?

The `` tag emphasizes text with default italics, customizable via CSS properties.

What is the <em> tag in HTML?

Syntax

Example