postpone until vs postpone to

Both 'postpone until' and 'postpone to' are correct and commonly used in English. They are interchangeable in many contexts, but 'postpone until' is more specific about the time when the postponement ends, while 'postpone to' is more general.

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postpone until

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate the specific time until which something is postponed. It is often followed by a date, time, or event.

Examples:

The meeting has been postponed until next Monday.
The concert was postponed until further notice.
Let's postpone the decision until we have more information.

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Liechtenstein may postpone until 1 January 1996 the application of this Directive to compulsory insurance against accident.
It is therefore appropriate to postpone until 1 January 2011 the date from which the movement document must contain the individual identification code for each animal.
Request by the PSE Group to postpone until the afternoon the Council and Commission statements on the measures to combat the rise in oil prices (
Calls on the ACP-EU Council of Ministers, at the meeting to be held in Botswana in May 2004, to consider adopting a decision in order to postpone until 2006 the review of the situation of non-LDC ACP States required under Article 37(6) of Cotonou;
Then we'll postpone until you get back.
The Kingdom of Denmark may postpone until 1 January 1999 the application of this Directive to compulsory insurance against accidents at work.
Do it by tomorrow, then we'll postpone until Sunday.
It is appropriate to postpone until 31 December 2008 the date for the expiry of Directive 97/67/EC.
The Federal Republic of Germany may postpone until 1 January 1996 the application of the first sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 54 (2).
In view of the amendments, it is appropriate to postpone until 31 December
Member States may postpone until 1 July 2007 the implementation of those provisions of Article 15(1) which concern the independence of the distribution system operator in terms of its legal form.
Why don't you just say you need more time and postpone until you've decided?
n thaij>The Federal Republic of Germany may postpone until 1 January 1996 the application of the first sentence of the second subparagraph of Article 54 (2).
Faced with the angry reaction of European wine growers, the European Commission has decided to postpone until 19 June its hasty decision to authorise the production of rosé wine by blending red and white wine.
The Irish Government's duplicity was shown by the fact that it asked the management of Aer Lingus to postpone until today, after the referendum, the announcement of 700 savage job cuts in Aer Lingus.
Eighteen Member States made a declaration at the time of adoption of the directive to postpone until 15 March 2009 application of the directive to the retention of communications data relating to Internet access, Internet telephony and Internet e-mail.
a further solution could be to postpone until the period from 1 January to May 2009 the formal adoption of measures which are currently founded on the third pillar and which may affect the fundamental rights of citizens.
If she had appendicitis or pneumonia, the court would postpone until she recovered.
At the meeting in Gaborone, the EU agreed to postpone until 2006 the anticipated review of the situation of non-LDCs that are not in a position to enter into EPAs.
I put to the vote the Socialist Group's request to postpone until April the debate on the oral question on the crisis in the rice sector.

Alternatives:

delay until
defer until
put off until
reschedule until
hold off until

postpone to

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate the general time or date to which something is postponed. It is often followed by a specific date or time.