refExample.tex

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{hyperref} %% to turn the links clickable and load this before cleveref
\usepackage{cleveref}

\crefname{table}{table}{tables}
\Crefname{table}{Table}{Tables}
\crefname{figure}{figure}{figures}
\Crefname{figure}{Figure}{Figures}
\crefname{equation}{equation}{equations}
\Crefname{Equation}{Equation}{Equation}

\begin{document}

\begin{figure}[!htb]
  \centering
  \rule{20pt}{20pt}
  \caption{My figure}
  \label{fig:myfig}
\end{figure}

\begin{equation}
\label{eq:grav} F=\frac{G m_{1} m_{2}}{r^{2}}
\end{equation}

\begin{itemize}
  \item Use \cref{fig:myfig} mid sentence.
 \item \Cref{fig:myfig} is appropriate for the beginning of a sentence and~\cref{eq:grav}. \Cref{eq:grav} is printing \verb|Equation| rather than \verb|equation|.
\end{itemize}


\end{document}