What is the relationship between delegate, proxy and adapter patterns?

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What is the relationship between delegate, proxy and adapter patterns? It seems they are all similar in terms of doing something on behalf of another object.

Can anyone summarize the relationship and difference between these 3 patterns? Thanks!

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