Topic: MEDIA
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Sense: 1,3
| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | PAN1 |
| Date: | 1900-2000 |
| Origin: | panorama |
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pan2 past tense and past participle panned, present participle panning
1 to strongly criticize a film, play etc in a newspaper or on television or radio : 
The movie was panned by the critics.
criticize
[transitive] informalATC
The movie was panned by the critics.2
camera
a) [intransitive always + adverb/preposition]AM if a film or television camera pans in a particular direction, it moves in that direction and follows the thing that is being filmed : The camera panned slowly across the crowd.
The camera panned slowly across the crowd.b) [intransitive and transitive]AM to move a camera in this way
3 to wash soil in a metal container in order to separate gold from other substances
gold
[intransitive and transitive]pan out
phrasal verbWe'll have to see how things pan out.WORD FOCUS: criticize WORD FOCUS: criticize 
to criticize someone or something very strongly: attack, lay into, tear somebody/something to shreds, pillory, pan
to criticize someone unfairly: put somebody down, slag somebody off BrE informal, talk about somebody behind their back, bitch about informal
to criticize small details: pick holes
➔ See also criticize
WORD FOCUS: criticize to criticize someone or something very strongly: attack, lay into, tear somebody/something to shreds, pillory, pan
to criticize someone unfairly: put somebody down, slag somebody off BrE informal, talk about somebody behind their back, bitch about informal
to criticize small details: pick holes
➔ See also criticize
