round trip
noun
variants
or less commonly roundtrip
or round-trip
plural round trips also roundtrips or round-trips
often attributive
: a trip to a place and back usually over the same route
It's a 25 mile round trip to work.
an hour-long round trip by boat
The lowest fare for the round trip is $1,694.18 including taxes and fees …—
Helen Anders and James Barragan
Helen Anders and James Barragan
round-trip
adjective
or less commonly roundtrip
round-trip fares
round-trip travel
With 50,000 miles accumulated, one can qualify for a free roundtrip ticket to Europe and back.
—David E. Rosenbaum
David E. Rosenbaum
round trip
adverb
or round-trip
or roundtrip
Consider the cost of flying round-trip for a three-day weekend to Los Angeles …
—Michael Fumento
Michael Fumento
Examples of round trip in a Sentence
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Members of the airline’s Discount Den program can get free round trips for companions on bookings made through March 23, 2025.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2025
The lowest cost economy ticket was $2511 round trip for the 11-hour non-stop flight.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
The walk is 1 1/2 hours round trip on the lagoon trail and is open to all ages.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
Ryan’s immunotherapy journey lasted 100 months, amassing hundreds of 160-mile round trips to Johns Hopkins and more than 225 infusions.
—Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2025
This free, family and easy walk is good for all ages but may take one-and-a-half hours round trip on the trail.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
The Rapid Rewards program was launched in 1996, and was originally designed to provide a free round-trip after a passenger completed eight round trips, according to the company's annual report from the year.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2025
However, the total length of the round trip hike is approx.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
That included a 6,000-mile round trip for the final in Baku (albeit both teams were faced with that logistical challenge).
—Conor O'Neill, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
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Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2025
The lowest cost economy ticket was $2511 round trip for the 11-hour non-stop flight.
—Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
The walk is 1 1/2 hours round trip on the lagoon trail and is open to all ages.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2025
Ryan’s immunotherapy journey lasted 100 months, amassing hundreds of 160-mile round trips to Johns Hopkins and more than 225 infusions.
—Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2025
This free, family and easy walk is good for all ages but may take one-and-a-half hours round trip on the trail.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
The Rapid Rewards program was launched in 1996, and was originally designed to provide a free round-trip after a passenger completed eight round trips, according to the company's annual report from the year.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2025
However, the total length of the round trip hike is approx.
—Emese MacZko, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
That included a 6,000-mile round trip for the final in Baku (albeit both teams were faced with that logistical challenge).
—Conor O'Neill, The Athletic, 21 Feb. 2025
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“Round trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/round%20trip. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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