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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Elephant seals migrate up to 13,000 miles round trip.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Dec. 2025
The train will now operate seven daily round trips, which brings the service back to full strength, with connections available to several thruway bus routes.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2025
The nonstop seasonal route connecting the two cities will run twice weekly, with round trips available on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 18 Dec. 2025
Robert, meanwhile, had departed at dawn for a 12-hour round trip transporting detainees.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
The moderately strenuous hike is about 5 miles round trip, with an 800-plus feet elevation gain.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
Walker was reacting to the news that Madison officials identified a preferred site for a possible Amtrak station, which could be in service by 2032 and offer three to four daily round trips between Madison and Milwaukee.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Nov. 2025
Domestic airfares also are similar to last year, averaging $700 for a round trip, AAA said.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
Swati Amin went all the way to Asheville for her ticket, making a round trip of about 250 miles to BJ’s Food Mart on Michigan Avenue, maps show.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 11 Nov. 2025
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Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Dec. 2025
The train will now operate seven daily round trips, which brings the service back to full strength, with connections available to several thruway bus routes.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 18 Dec. 2025
The nonstop seasonal route connecting the two cities will run twice weekly, with round trips available on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 18 Dec. 2025
Robert, meanwhile, had departed at dawn for a 12-hour round trip transporting detainees.
—Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025
The moderately strenuous hike is about 5 miles round trip, with an 800-plus feet elevation gain.
—Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2025
Walker was reacting to the news that Madison officials identified a preferred site for a possible Amtrak station, which could be in service by 2032 and offer three to four daily round trips between Madison and Milwaukee.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Nov. 2025
Domestic airfares also are similar to last year, averaging $700 for a round trip, AAA said.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 17 Nov. 2025
Swati Amin went all the way to Asheville for her ticket, making a round trip of about 250 miles to BJ’s Food Mart on Michigan Avenue, maps show.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 11 Nov. 2025
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“Round trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/round%20trip. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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