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
Recent Examples on the Web
This is a good place to return for a round trip of about 4.5 miles.
—Jim Holden, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
Lassen Peak Location: Lassen Volcanic National Park Mileage: 4.6 miles round trip
Access and Gaia GPS Route: Lassen Peak Trailhead
Want to summit a California volcano but don’t want to brave the glaciated slopes of Mount Shasta?
—Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 18 July 2024
Sedona hike: Arizona Cypress Trail Length: 3.8 miles round trip.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 17 May 2024
It’s made a complete round trip in the same period.
—Bob Pisani, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
The round trip could be close to $75 in tolls, Burford said, and brutal mentally.
—Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024
The cost to book this flight directly with Vietnam Airlines starts at just $660 round trip, according to their flight schedule, plus, this is currently one of the only direct nonstop flights from Southeast Asia to North America.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2024
Canyon View Trail: Another beautiful walk, Canyon View (0.8 mile round trip) skirts the high rim of Betatakin Canyon offering big vistas and leads to a historic ranger station.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2024
Summary of the hike: The entire hike is short — from the lower parking lot just 1.5 miles round trip and from the upper one, which adjoins the trailhead, just 1 mile round trip.
—Jim Holden, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
Jim Holden, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
Lassen Peak Location: Lassen Volcanic National Park Mileage: 4.6 miles round trip
Access and Gaia GPS Route: Lassen Peak Trailhead
Want to summit a California volcano but don’t want to brave the glaciated slopes of Mount Shasta?
—Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 18 July 2024
Sedona hike: Arizona Cypress Trail Length: 3.8 miles round trip.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 17 May 2024
It’s made a complete round trip in the same period.
—Bob Pisani, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2024
The round trip could be close to $75 in tolls, Burford said, and brutal mentally.
—Sabrina Moreno, Axios, 13 Aug. 2024
The cost to book this flight directly with Vietnam Airlines starts at just $660 round trip, according to their flight schedule, plus, this is currently one of the only direct nonstop flights from Southeast Asia to North America.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 31 July 2024
Canyon View Trail: Another beautiful walk, Canyon View (0.8 mile round trip) skirts the high rim of Betatakin Canyon offering big vistas and leads to a historic ranger station.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2024
Summary of the hike: The entire hike is short — from the lower parking lot just 1.5 miles round trip and from the upper one, which adjoins the trailhead, just 1 mile round trip.
—Jim Holden, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Round trip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/round%20trip. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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