The way a higher-order function accepts a lambda expression is by means of a function parameter whose data type is a function type.

A function type consists of:

• A comma-delimited list of parameter types, wrapped in parentheses, where the types can either be concrete or can reference generic types (e.g., T) declared on the function (<T>)

• An arrow (->)

• The return type

Then, the higher-order function can call invoke() on the function type parameter to execute the lambda expression, supplying any needed parameters and consuming any result.

Here, hasMatch() does the same thing as any(), returning true if any of the items in the list results in a true result from the function type.

• the documentation
• Elements of Kotlin