Ex.1 The meeting has been postponed to Wednesday.
Ex.2 The match had to be postponed until next week.
Ex.3 We are going to postpone it until the Friday after next.
Q1: I’m kind of confused by the preposition after postpone. Should I use “to” or “until”, are there any rules or are they interchangeable?
Q2: The synonym of postpone is “put back” or “put off” right? How about the opposite of postpone?
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postponed/put off until
rescheduled/rebooked for
put back/ moved to
antonyms: advance, bring forward
Q1: I don’t think there is any difference. I think “until” sounds better than “to.” I wouldn’t personally say “postponed to Wednesday.”
Q2: I think a synonym would be “push back” (to Wednesday). “Put off” (until Wednesday) is fine but I feel like this term sometimes suggests procrastination. The opposite of postpone is probably “move up” (to Wednesday).
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I wouldn’t ever say “postponed to”
What would you say instead?
I would say:
postponed until
postponed 'til
put off til
put off until
put off to
pushed back to
moved to
moved back to
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