What is nothing?

Question

I came across this topic and have found answers, but does that not contradict what nothing actually is? Giving a definition to nothing would then make it something, that something being "something with a definition." On the other hand, if we do not give it a definition, it becomes "something without a definition."
Any answer, no matter how crude they may be would be appreciated.

So every explanation that I am given, is saying that nothing has an explanation, which is what people have given me. But by giving me an explanation, nothing becomes something that has an explanation so does that not mean that it has value? Is an explanation not a value? So nothing has value and that value is an explanation but then it means that you are contradicting yourself when you say that there is no value in nothing or that it is an absense of something.
I welcome all types of answers, like always.

Answer 1

nothing has the value which you put into it, such as zero

Answer 2

just because you give something a definition, does not make the true nature of the thing the same as its defined nature. If I have a cat, and define it as "a deciduous tree which grows up to 3 metres high and produces edible fruit in summer" the cat doesn't cease to be a cat and become an apple tree. Merely giving "nothing" a definition doesn't make it "something". Defining something is just an aid to understanding what something is, from a particular perspective. A name is a label, a definition is an explanation: both just describe the subject - they dont determine its nature.

"Nothing" is an absence of "something" just like "dark" is an absence of light. By defining a shadow we dont create it: we just describe it. I think what you're forgetting is that these things actually exist: void (presumably) exists outside the bounds of the universe. Darkness exists, its a real thing, it's just not made of anything.

I'm confused now

Answer 3

I disagree.
Nothing is the absence of the you element (you being a universal you and none specific).
Time: a liquid, allows every living thing to be the exact center of everything. Time is differently measured by every living thing.
Nothing is the absence of the you, element. This was my best definition of nothing it changes nothing of course.

Answer 4

The english dictionary describes the meaning of nothing as:

Noun: nothing
1. A quantity of no importance
2. A nonexistent thing

Look at the second meaning: "A nonexistent thing", therefore, there's no such thing as nothing.

Answer 5

Nothing is the absence of matter and definition.

Answer 6

the absence of something

Answer 7

nothing is empty space, a void, no air, no space, an abyss.

Answer 8

There is no spoon.