How to Pronounce "dead of night"
expression
DED-uv-NYTE
DED-ov-NYTE
Definition
The quietest and darkest part of the night, often when most people are sleeping.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈdɛd/ /ˈəv/ /ˈnaɪt
British English
dˈɛd/ /ˈɒv/ /nˈaɪt
Simplified Pronunciation
US
DED-uv-NYTE
UK
DED-ov-NYTE
Listen in Context
He left the house in the dead of night.
The city is very quiet in the dead of night.
She woke up suddenly in the dead of night.
Someone knocked on the door in the dead of night, and it scared me.