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 Splendor departed Sydney on Monday for an eight-day round trip cruise to Vanuatu and New Caledonia, Carnival Cruise stated.
—Doc Louallen, ABC News, 23 May 2025
The average round trip ticket costs about $850 with the most popular flight destinations including Chicago, New York, Orlando, Denver and Seattle.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2025
Nowadays, my knees complain and the round trip takes two hours.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
Kris Santos hasn’t missed a Maryland football home game in years despite the nine-hour round trip from home in Yorktown, Virginia, to College Park.
—Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2025
An analysis from the Center for American Progress found that for people living in the 30 largest counties by area, the average trip to their election office alone can be 4.5 hours round trip, covering 260 miles.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
The research found that in 35 states, 10 percent of beneficiaries will need to make a 45-mile round trip to visit their nearest field office, which the CBPP has said is twice the average amount a senior travels in one day (23.3 miles).
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Madrigal has made the 115-mile round trip to BMO Stadium to see LAFC play but is considering throwing his allegiance to the local club.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
The Wire Pass Trail is the fastest way into the gorge, a 3.4-mile round trip that delivers you to the canyon.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2025
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Doc Louallen, ABC News, 23 May 2025
The average round trip ticket costs about $850 with the most popular flight destinations including Chicago, New York, Orlando, Denver and Seattle.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 22 May 2025
Nowadays, my knees complain and the round trip takes two hours.
—Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
Kris Santos hasn’t missed a Maryland football home game in years despite the nine-hour round trip from home in Yorktown, Virginia, to College Park.
—Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2025
An analysis from the Center for American Progress found that for people living in the 30 largest counties by area, the average trip to their election office alone can be 4.5 hours round trip, covering 260 miles.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
The research found that in 35 states, 10 percent of beneficiaries will need to make a 45-mile round trip to visit their nearest field office, which the CBPP has said is twice the average amount a senior travels in one day (23.3 miles).
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Madrigal has made the 115-mile round trip to BMO Stadium to see LAFC play but is considering throwing his allegiance to the local club.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025
The Wire Pass Trail is the fastest way into the gorge, a 3.4-mile round trip that delivers you to the canyon.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Round trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/round%20trip. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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