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 park advises day hikers to start by 3 a.m. and expect the round trip to take 10 to 15 hours.
—Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
One of the park's main attractions is the dune climb along the Dune Overlook Trail, an approximately half-mile round trip climb with about 220 steps and benches.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 14 May 2024
Granite Mountain Hotshots juniper tree hike Length: 4.8 miles round trip.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024
If an astronaut flew a spacecraft on this 6-hour round trip, the explorer would return 36 minutes younger than those who remained on a mothership far away, NASA explained.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
Cancún’s status as a popular tourist destination means that multiple U.S. airports offer direct flights for about US$400 round trip.
—Alejandra Marquez Guajardo, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
Chinese carriers were given approval by US officials to make 50 weekly round trips to and from the United States, up from 35, from March 31.
—Diksha Madhok, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
Sugarloaf Trail: Hike this trail (1.8 miles round trip) along a moderate ridgeline to snag the summit of Sugarloaf Mountain, one of the highest points in the monument (7,310 feet), still crowned by an old fire lookout tower.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
But the steep trails are short (Echo Canyon is a little over two miles round trip) and worth the burn for their expansive city views.
—Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2024
Bay Area News Group, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
One of the park's main attractions is the dune climb along the Dune Overlook Trail, an approximately half-mile round trip climb with about 220 steps and benches.
—Nora Colomer, Fox News, 14 May 2024
Granite Mountain Hotshots juniper tree hike Length: 4.8 miles round trip.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024
If an astronaut flew a spacecraft on this 6-hour round trip, the explorer would return 36 minutes younger than those who remained on a mothership far away, NASA explained.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
Cancún’s status as a popular tourist destination means that multiple U.S. airports offer direct flights for about US$400 round trip.
—Alejandra Marquez Guajardo, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
Chinese carriers were given approval by US officials to make 50 weekly round trips to and from the United States, up from 35, from March 31.
—Diksha Madhok, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
Sugarloaf Trail: Hike this trail (1.8 miles round trip) along a moderate ridgeline to snag the summit of Sugarloaf Mountain, one of the highest points in the monument (7,310 feet), still crowned by an old fire lookout tower.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
But the steep trails are short (Echo Canyon is a little over two miles round trip) and worth the burn for their expansive city views.
—Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Apr. 2024
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