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Yes. "open" functions as an adjective; e.g., the door has been open since this morning. "open" describes the state of the door. If it were, say, "This door has been opened", then "opened" functions as a past participle, as part of the verb, and it tell us that someone has opened the door.
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Wow, a whole new world of the english language just...hum....
opened before my eyes! I never realized that open and welcome were also adjectives, hence the confusion. Thanks a lot.
I use m-w.com but I'm not sure how to know about past tense and past participle. For example, under "welcome", the only information it has is:
Inflected Form(s): wel·comed
... not sure if that always mean that both past and past participle are "welcomed"?