# How to have two cloze-deleted fields

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**Created:** [September 24, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/how-to-have-two-cloze-deleted-fields/13635 "2021-09-24T17:37:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 24, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/how-to-have-two-cloze-deleted-fields/13635/1 "2021-09-24T17:37:41Z")

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I am making vocabulary notes, and my problem are synonyms. Assume I have two synonyms, α and β that translate to synonyms a and b. Ideally, I would be able to find both a and b from both α and β, and vice-versa.

Currently, I have a note that has (to simplify) two fields (Language A and Language B), and so I would make the note

Language A

> α / β

Language B

> a / b

This works well when I don’t have many synonyms, but if a word has, like, five synonyms, I feel that my card is becoming too complex, and, indeed, these cards often become leeches.  
If I had synonyms in only one language, like α maps to a / b, I would create a cloze-deletion note

Language A

> α

Language B

> {{c1::a}} / {{c2::b}}

so that each synonym can be learnt individually.

Alternatively, I could put this on several notes, like

Language A

> α

Language B

> a

and

Language A

> α

Language B

> b

However, there would be no way for me to tell when I see `α` if I should be answering `a` or `b`. I could explicitely write it on the card, ie.

Language A

> α (not a)

Language B

> b

but that would be very painful and repetitive.

My problem is that notes like

Language A

> {{c1::α}} / {{c2::β}}

Language B

> {{c3::a}} / {{c4::b}}

do not work as intended (I can’t have cloze-deletion in two fields).

How can I solve this problem?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/anki2/original/1X/8f1279ababc5879d54e4838989f606cfe55af8c7.jpeg) [@system](https://forums.ankiweb.net/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.ankiweb.net/t/how-to-have-two-cloze-deleted-fields/13635/2 "2023-05-01T07:38:49Z")

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