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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Caine said that, as with the operation that dropped massive bunker-buster bombs on Iranian nuclear facilities last year, Epic Fury also utilized B-2 stealth bombers, which the chairman said made a 37-hour round trip.
—Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
Military doesn’t specify Iran’s nuclear sites as targets As with the attack that dropped massive bunker-buster bombs on Iranian nuclear facilities last year, Caine said the military used B-2 stealth bombers in the new operation with a 37-hour round trip.
—Konstantin Toropin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
There were 1,200 in the away seats at Norwich, a 320-mile round trip on a Wednesday night to watch a team who haven’t won in 158 days lose 2-0.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
Ride-sharing and taxis top $260 round trip.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026
Remember, the north end of the island is a 30-mile round trip journey from the docks of the public ferry.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
In that case, the stealth bombers flew a round trip of about 37 hours from their home base in Missouri.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
According to the park's Facebook page, ice cave visitors should prepare for a 2- to-6-mile round trip hike across uneven ice, with no shelter or water, and limited cell service.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
The Times’ investigation found among the costs was $353,000 for a single round trip to China on a private jet in 2005.
—Melody Gutierrez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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Dallas Morning News, 2 Mar. 2026
Military doesn’t specify Iran’s nuclear sites as targets As with the attack that dropped massive bunker-buster bombs on Iranian nuclear facilities last year, Caine said the military used B-2 stealth bombers in the new operation with a 37-hour round trip.
—Konstantin Toropin, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
There were 1,200 in the away seats at Norwich, a 320-mile round trip on a Wednesday night to watch a team who haven’t won in 158 days lose 2-0.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
Ride-sharing and taxis top $260 round trip.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026
Remember, the north end of the island is a 30-mile round trip journey from the docks of the public ferry.
—Kelsey Glennon, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
In that case, the stealth bombers flew a round trip of about 37 hours from their home base in Missouri.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
According to the park's Facebook page, ice cave visitors should prepare for a 2- to-6-mile round trip hike across uneven ice, with no shelter or water, and limited cell service.
—Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 16 Feb. 2026
The Times’ investigation found among the costs was $353,000 for a single round trip to China on a private jet in 2005.
—Melody Gutierrez, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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