プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
まとめる【×纏める】
❶〔集める〕collect; gather together
彼は数編の随筆をまとめて１冊の本にした
He collected some of his essays and published them in book form.
全部まとめて送ったほうがよい
You'd better send them all together.
１週間分の食料品をまとめて買う
I buy a whole week's supply of groceries at a time.
まとめて金を払った
He paid all the bills 「in a lump sum [together].
❷〔整える〕put in order, arrange；〔統一する〕unify
データをまとめる
put data in order／collate data
考えをまとめる
get one's ideas in shape
左派勢力をまとめる
unify left-wing forces
クラスをまとめるのが君の役目だ
It is your responsibility to bring the class together.
❸〔決着をつける〕settle, bring ((a matter)) to a settlement [conclusion]；〔調停する〕mediate
縁談をまとめる
arrange a marriage
交渉をまとめる
bring the negotiations to a conclusion
論争をまとめる
settle a dispute
まとめ役
a consensus builder; the person who 「forges a final plan [brings it all together]；〔調停者〕a mediator；〔争いの〕a peacemaker；〔調整者〕a coordinator