round trip

noun

ˈrau̇n(d)-ˌtrip

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web After a one-hour stop in the small town of Greymouth, the train returns to Christchurch, making the coast-to-coast round trip about an 11-hour journey. —

Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 21 Mar. 2023 Despite the nearly $400 cost to fly round trip, and $1,500 in monthly rent for a studio apartment, the setup saves the Croasdales an extra $1,500 a month. —

Gretchen Tarrant, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2023 Weaving between forest and ocean views is the mostly flat Great Head Trail, a 1.7-mile round trip that starts by crossing pretty Sand Beach. —

Jen Rose Smith, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Mar. 2023 These sailings are round trip from Galveston and include stops at Key West, Freeport, Half Moon Cay and Nassau, Bahamas. —

Megan Dubois, Chron, 11 Mar. 2023 Walking across is about a 2 mile round trip, and a great way to take in some of the city's natural beauty. —

Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 9 Mar. 2023 While a small aquarium in County Mayo watched over Cróga, Flannery drove 12 hours round trip to pick up the turtle and take her to his aquarium in the southwestern part of the country. —

Jonathan Edwards, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Mar. 2023 While a small aquarium in County Mayo watched over Cróga, Flannery drove 12 hours round trip to pick up the turtle and take her to his aquarium in the southwestern part of the country. —

Jonathan Edwards, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Mar. 2023 Triple Falls Trail in Dupont National Forest This trail is short — at just 1 mile, round trip — but full of beauty. —

Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2023 See More

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