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
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
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

Examples of round trip in a Sentence

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During the first weekend in April, for instance, a Boeing 757 owned by the Department of Justice made two round trip flights from Washington to New York. Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025 Emerald Lumi will operate round trips from Paris, starting in 2027, on trips that will visit the cities of Honfleur and Rouen, as well as destinations in Normandy. Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2025 Daily trolley fees range from $3 to $6 (round trip). Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025 In March 2025, Zipline announced that its drones have logged more than 100 million autonomous miles of flight to-date, a number equivalent to flying more than 4,000 loops around the planet, or 200 lunar round trips, the company said in a video to mark the milestone. Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025 Don’t Miss: A moderate trail from the campsite heads into the Hoover Wilderness for a six-mile round trip hike through aspen groves to alpine Green Lake. Jenna Blough, Outside Online, 8 Apr. 2025 Each round trip — almost 260 miles — has taken a toll on her Toyota Camry, now 10 years old. The New York Times, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025 For those considering the accessible alternative, the paved Mt. Wilson path is 1.2 miles round trip from the parking lot and will provide you with great views and gorgeous pines. Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025 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

Word History

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of round trip was in 1837

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“Round trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/round%20trip. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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