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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Madrigal has made the 115-mile round trip to BMO Stadium to see LAFC play but is considering throwing his allegiance to the local club.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
The Wire Pass Trail is the fastest way into the gorge, a 3.4-mile round trip that delivers you to the canyon.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2025
The trail is about 4 miles round trip with some gentle elevation changes.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2025
Yes, psychotherapy may do a few round trips through a person’s past, but good psychotherapy doesn’t get stuck in the past.
—Bill English, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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
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Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
The Wire Pass Trail is the fastest way into the gorge, a 3.4-mile round trip that delivers you to the canyon.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2025
The trail is about 4 miles round trip with some gentle elevation changes.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2025
Yes, psychotherapy may do a few round trips through a person’s past, but good psychotherapy doesn’t get stuck in the past.
—Bill English, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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
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“Round trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/round%20trip. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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