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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The round trip from Rockford — the site of the hospital where McKee worked — to Columbus is seven hours, meaning that McKee drove at least 14 hours during that 17 hour span, according to investigators' timeline.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Jane Kviat, who was visiting South Florida from Mexico City, took a round trip on the new water taxi.
—Daniel Kozin, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
According to data by Skyscanner's Cheapest Destination Planner tool, airfare for a round trip economy flight in 2026 is 7% cheaper on Wednesdays, on average, compared to the rest of the week.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
Typically, economy round trip flights between the Argentine capital and Kansas City cost less than $1,500, according to Google Flights data.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2026
Safety regulations require some natural gas to remain in the tanks at all times, but the amount of biogas bunkered at the port of Bergen—those 300 cubic meters—equals the fuel requirement for the entire 11-day round trip to Kirkenes, along the Russian border, and back to Bergen.
—Ryan Craggs, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2026
The train, which now serves more of a recreational and educational purpose than transportation, travels from Cedar Park to Burnet and back — a 66-mile round trip — every weekend.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
The next morning, a volunteer made a four-hour round trip to bring the bird back to their facilities.
—Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 6 Jan. 2026
By comparison, economy fares for the same round trip start at $420.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
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Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 28 Jan. 2026
Jane Kviat, who was visiting South Florida from Mexico City, took a round trip on the new water taxi.
—Daniel Kozin, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
According to data by Skyscanner's Cheapest Destination Planner tool, airfare for a round trip economy flight in 2026 is 7% cheaper on Wednesdays, on average, compared to the rest of the week.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
Typically, economy round trip flights between the Argentine capital and Kansas City cost less than $1,500, according to Google Flights data.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 18 Jan. 2026
Safety regulations require some natural gas to remain in the tanks at all times, but the amount of biogas bunkered at the port of Bergen—those 300 cubic meters—equals the fuel requirement for the entire 11-day round trip to Kirkenes, along the Russian border, and back to Bergen.
—Ryan Craggs, Travel + Leisure, 15 Jan. 2026
The train, which now serves more of a recreational and educational purpose than transportation, travels from Cedar Park to Burnet and back — a 66-mile round trip — every weekend.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
The next morning, a volunteer made a four-hour round trip to bring the bird back to their facilities.
—Lucia Cheng, Des Moines Register, 6 Jan. 2026
By comparison, economy fares for the same round trip start at $420.
—Martha Ross, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Round trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/round%20trip. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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