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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Koivisto was known to cycle to Liverpool’s Melwood training ground from her home in the city centre, a 10-mile round trip.
—Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
They Power Real-Time AI Inference At The Edge Manufacturers using machine vision to inspect for defects on the production line cannot afford a cloud round trip.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Fargas attended all of Parker’s games at Naperville Central High, a nearly 1,100-mile round trip.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
International airfare is down, as well, with round trip tickets to Europe averaging $840.
—Clara McMichael, ABC News, 24 June 2025
Traveling on a Tuesday or Wednesday can also help vacationers save about $67 on a round trip domestic flight this summer, Hopper found.
—Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 31 May 2025
This time, stocks have basically made a round trip in less than two months.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
This eight-mile round trip hike starts in a sitka spruce forest on boardwalks before hitting switchbacks down to the beach itself.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 29 May 2025
Windows Loop Trail is about 1.2 miles round trip near Moab, according to AllTrails.
—Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2025
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Michael Cox, New York Times, 30 June 2025
They Power Real-Time AI Inference At The Edge Manufacturers using machine vision to inspect for defects on the production line cannot afford a cloud round trip.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Fargas attended all of Parker’s games at Naperville Central High, a nearly 1,100-mile round trip.
—Anthony De Leon, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
International airfare is down, as well, with round trip tickets to Europe averaging $840.
—Clara McMichael, ABC News, 24 June 2025
Traveling on a Tuesday or Wednesday can also help vacationers save about $67 on a round trip domestic flight this summer, Hopper found.
—Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 31 May 2025
This time, stocks have basically made a round trip in less than two months.
—Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
This eight-mile round trip hike starts in a sitka spruce forest on boardwalks before hitting switchbacks down to the beach itself.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 29 May 2025
Windows Loop Trail is about 1.2 miles round trip near Moab, according to AllTrails.
—Helena Wegner, Sacbee.com, 7 May 2025
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“Round trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/round%20trip. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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